Fire of Love is a documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Sara Dosa, that had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival — where it won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary category. It also also screened at South by Southwest and it is currently part of the EarthX…
Female empowering chronicles about the sex industry have been fertile ground in recent years for cinema and television. An example can be seen with the American drama television series The Deuce (2017-2019) or with the biopic about the star of Deep Throat, Lovelace (2013). Along these lines, Swedish director Ninja Thyberg returns to the themes…
HBO’s PHOENIX RISING, a two-part documentary produced and directed by Amy Berg (HBO’s “The Case against Adnan Syed”), follows actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood as she takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational wounds, and reclaim her story. Almost a decade after escaping a dangerous relationship, Wood…
Sierra Leonean-American director Nikyatu Jusu has made “Nanny” — a remarkable feature debut which grapples with cultural alienation and familial disconnection through the life of Aisha (Anna Diop), a Senegalese immigrant who has moved to New York City with the intent of bringing her own son to the States from Senegal. The pressure is on…
Mounting a campaign against a powerful regime in any environment can be a challenge. But when the reason for action is because of widespread corruption, it’s a battle that may be impossible to win since the other side will be willing to take any and all necessary action, regardless of its legality. The current state…
When a filmmaker comes out with an acclaimed work that marks their breakthrough, it’s worth paying attention to what comes next. Cooper Raiff delivered S#!&house, a story of a college freshman who spends a night with his RA, at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, taking home the grand jury prize. Raiff returns with Cha Cha…
As the 2022 Sundance Film Festival heads into its final weekend, its awards have been announced. The @sundancefest Twitter account unveiled the winners beginning early this afternoon. Though the festival was once again online for the second year in a row, the diversity of content and quality of programming were celebrated by those in charge….
Self-expression can be a difficult thing when society has so much to say about who and what people are supposed to be. It would be considerably easier to navigate this world without preconceived notions about when important milestones should occur, if they should at all, and without constructs like gender and other defining characteristics. Unfortunately,…
It’s not easy to reckon with the idea that someone who was so inspirational and important in the advancement of culture and progress within any space has done horrible things. But doing so can be crucial, since if the main lesson a person has taught others is to do good, recognizing the failures of that…
While modern civilization has evolved in certain respects, it is still horrifying and disturbing to see how people continue to be led to believe that they occupy a particular rank or place where they must do what is asked or expected of them. Too often, young individuals – and individuals of any age – are…
Synopsis : Documentarian Christine Choy tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to find closure on an abandoned film she began shooting in 1989. Directed By: Ben Klein and Violet Columbus Produced by Maria Chiu, Ben Klein, and Violet Columbus Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus Sales: Endeavor TRT:…
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