I love how much is said in this film with almost no dialogue. A powerfully visual presentation of themes of loss, nostalgia and manhood, Zhao's movie tells its story in terse fragments intercut with long, slow passages that revel in the wonder of the natural landscapes and the quiet moments between human and beast.

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(Readers, please note: you can hear a portion of this interview on Chris Reed’s excellent podcast on documentwry filmmaking, The Fog of Truth.) I met with director (and NYU professor) Samuel D. Pollard on Saturday, March 24, at the 2018 […]

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I met with director Jason Kohn on Saturday, March 24, at the 2018 Annapolis Film Festival, where he screened his documentary Love Means Zero (which I had previously seen, and reviewed, at DOC NYC 2017), the recipient of the festival’s […]

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Throughout, Goldblatt and his actors do a fine job juggling the various characters and story threads, creating a moving tale of personal growth and redemption.

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A harrowing, vital movie, True Conviction will make you rethink all your assumptions of law and order.

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The film provides quite a narrative odyssey, then, filling the viewer with a variety of emotions, all cathartic in some way.

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Davis, through his charisma, popularity and sheer brilliance, helped pave the way for future performers of color. Our world today – especially today – is hardly racism-free, but if it is a little better than it once was, Davis played at least a small role in that transformation.

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Watch it, listen to the music, and experience the joy of Perlman's genius.

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