The 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, kicks off April 7 with 37 titles from 18 countries and celebrating a solid 25th lineup. Deciding to remain virtual-only this year amongst the pandemic, the festival can be […]

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I spoke with Swiss director Jacqueline Zünd on Friday, April 12, 2019, by phone as part of my remote coverage of the 2019 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, to discuss her evocative new documentary Where We Belong (which I also […]

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I spoke with Chilean directors and partners Iván Osnovikoff and Bettina Perut on Sunday, April 7, 2019, by phone as part of my remote coverage of the 2019 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, to discuss their marvelous new documentary Los […]

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...this movie gives voice to heretofore disenfranchised boys and girls whose fractured realities, though now normalized to a degree, remain the formative influence on their lives.

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No amount of brilliance and cultural significance can justify bad behavior, though Davis is hardly alone in his violence.

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A lyric ode to the friendship between two canine residents of the oldest skate park in Santiago, Chile, Los Reyes (“The Kings,” also the name of the park) offers sublime filmic joys of a rare kind.

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Even if one is a staunch believer that undocumented immigrants should be summarily deported (something which, if we’re honest, would have a negative impact on parts of the economy), could there not be a better, more humane way to do it?

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