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Documentary examines brutal existence of albinos in Tanzania
The audience at IDFA rated it their second favourite out of a possible 300 films - and with just cause. Harry Freeland’s new documentary In The Shadow of the Sun is a phenomenal piece of filmmaking which doesn’t just tells us but also truly lets us feel the heartbreaking fear and pain that albinos in Tanzania experience on a daily basis. … Read entire article »
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Why Poverty? documentary series: Park Avenue
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney strikes again with a hard-hitting documentary highlighting the unfair wealth divide in the US by focusing on Park Avenue; one of the country’s most famous streets where the super rich and super poor live a mere few miles apart. … Read entire article »
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The House I Live In
Is the war on drugs really working? If so, why don’t we have less drugs trade, less drugs addicts and less related crimes? Also, what was the true motivation behind this “war” to start with, was it really stemming from a government’s concern about the welfare of its citizens? New documentary The House I Live In explores all these issues and much more. … Read entire article »
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DG writer presents short documentary at IDFA
A few months ago IDFA and the DocNext Network placed a call to young Dutch do-it-yourself filmmakers to send in their documentary shorts focussing on the theme of Local Heroes. … Read entire article »
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Why Poverty? documentary series: Education Education
Along with many things in communist China, access to higher education is the priveledge of a relative few. Weijun Chen directed a documentary highlighting the realities of Chinese education, where despite a booming middle-class, a degree far from guarantees a job. Part of the Why Poverty? series of documentaries screening all over the world, the film examines how inequality permeates education in China and how the poor are made to pay the price. … Read entire article »
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IDFA Review: The Unplaceables
Having a full-time job would for many mainly signify a steady income, a logical step that once needs to be taken in live, but for the people who work at Job Score it is a lot more than that. For them it is the only thing that prevents them from falling back into old habits, habits that can alianate them from society and most importantly from their true selves. … Read entire article »
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IDFA Review: For I Know My Weakness
Patty Looper Sills is a homeless alcoholic when she enters the life of documentary filmmaker John Dentino, begging for money. He has his own reasons to document her story, and ends up being involved in her life for several years – longer than he sometimes would have liked. But the resulting film is certainly worth it. … Read entire article »
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