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Planet In Focus Review: 'For the Birds' Glosses over Hoarding Issues Directed By Richard Miron Published Oct 25, 2018For the Birds begins with home footage of Kathy Murphy and her husband Gary with a single motherless baby duck they found in their yard, and...
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Planet In Focus Review: 'When Lambs Become Lions' Documents Complex Ivory Trade Directed by Jon Kasbe Published Oct 25, 2018Jon Kasbe's first feature documentary, When Lambs Become Lions, is a stunning, complicated portrait of a Kenyan community entangled in the i...
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Canary in the Mine Danielle Heifa Published Oct 12, 2012Generally speaking, documentaries are intended to observe and document without prejudice, allowing the topic and its subjects to flow organi...
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As Above, So Below Sarah J. Christman Published Oct 11, 2012In this thoughtful film essay, Sarah J. Christman investigates the ever-changing nature of matter, both personal and public. Everything is i...
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Trashed Candida Brady Published Oct 11, 2012Trashed opens with a highly stylized credit sequence, dramatically highlighting the many dangerous substances thrown in the titular trash ar...
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Cerro Rico, Tierra Rica Juan Vallejo Published Oct 10, 2012In an effort to capture the quotidian reality of the mining life in southwestern Bolivia, Juan Vallejo's mostly silent, experiential documen...
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Chasing Ice Jeff Orlowski Published Oct 10, 2012There's something formulaic about starting a film by showing a slew of archival news clips showing various right-wing pundits, the likes of...
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Lost Rivers Caroline Bâcle Published Oct 09, 2012Nestled beneath the concrete expanses of the world's biggest cities are rivers that once flowed freely. These rivers provided the infrastru...
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Northwords Geoff Morrison Published Oct 09, 2012In an effort to define and shape the national identity of Canada by interpreting the wilderness and expanses of open space as cultural signi...
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Canícula José Álvarez Published Oct 09, 2012Using a highly stylized, albeit subdued and non-invasive, approach to depicting his documentary subject, Mexican director José Álvarez has c...
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Just Do It: A Tale of Modern Outlaws Emily James Published Oct 09, 2012Aptly titled Just Do It, which, in addition to being a corporate slogan, implies action without thought, this self-proclaimed tale of modern...