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By: 2011 SPIRIT AWARDS PRIMER – Hammer to Nail

2011 SPIRIT AWARDS PRIMER – Hammer to Nail — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:07:59 +0000

[…] Summer Pasture (Best Documentary, Truer Than Fiction Award) — To not confess upfront my predisposition to loving a film like Summer Pasture would be an unprofessional, irresponsible thing to (not) do. So there you have it. Yet in the case of this documentary by Lynn True, Nelson Walker, and Tsering Perlo, that personal bias is met with an equally hearty objective measure of appreciation. Summer Pasture is a loving, yet never fawning, portrait of a nomad family struggling to make ends meet in the downtrodden community of Dzachukha (Eastern Tibet, Sichuan Province, China). If the names Tulpan, Sweetgrass, Old Partner, and The Story of the Weeping Camel set your hearts aflutter, then get ready to be smitten once again. (MT) FULL HTN REVIEW […]

By: Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You 2010 – Hammer to Nail

Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You 2010 – Hammer to Nail — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:56:46 +0000

[…] Summer Pasture — To not confess upfront my predisposition to loving a film like Summer Pasture would be an unprofessional, irresponsible thing to (not) do. So there you have it. Yet in the case of this documentary by Lynn True, Nelson Walker, and Tsering Perlo, that personal bias is met with an equally hearty objective measure of appreciation. Summer Pasture is a loving, yet never fawning, portrait of a nomad family struggling to make ends meet in the downtrodden community of Dzachukha (Eastern Tibet, Sichuan Province, China). If the names Tulpan, Sweetgrass, Old Partner, and The Story of the Weeping Camel set your hearts aflutter, then get ready to be smitten once again. Read my full review here. […]