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TRE MAISON DASON (Denali Tiller)
A doc that follows three young boys as they experience having a parent who is incarcerated. Set in Rhode Island, where a facility allows fathers two hours of free time with their kid per week in a designated space with attractive murals. Each kid has his special identity and issues. One is very small, one is having a hard time, one is hyper and smart. A fascinating film. World Premiere in the Global Visions section of the SFIFF.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 04-08-2018 at 08:29 PM.
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WRESTLE (Susannah Herbert 2018)
An intense young white coach leads a mostly black wrestling from a long-failing Alabama high school to compete in the state finals, and they don't do badly. Exciting and seamless doc with personal dramas and exciting matches. Maybe the energy flags a little bit in the middle but honestly, I was on the edge of my seat most of the way. A very well made film with great material. World Premiere in the Global Vision section of teh SFIFF.
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WRESTLE article shows its importance to the subjects
WRESTLE shows today and tomorrow at the SFIFF:
Monday, April 9, 2018
6:00 p.m.
Roxie Theater
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
3:00 p.m.
SFMOMA
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NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE/BIDUN TARIKH, BIDUN IMDHA' (Vahid Jalilvand 2017)
This film about an accident and resulting conflicts about guilt and responsiblity has the complexity of detail and moral examination contemporary Iranian cinema does so well. It also has matters of class, sex, and a sense of a whole society dodging the law and in deep trouble. Some implausible elements don't mar the emotional power, the terrific acting, and the great looking, elegant black and white images. You will writhe with pleasure if you like Iranian films.
بدون تاریخ، بدون امضاء
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 04-10-2018 at 12:34 AM.
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Upcoming coverage.
THE CLEANERS
RAVENS:
Swedish feature about a boy facing the harsh realities of agrarian life.
THE CLEANERS:
The people who trawl the Internet to save us from horrors - doc about a strange nether world.
THE PUSHOUTS:
Bay Area doc about high school dropouts and those who fight back.
All showing at the SFIFF in the next few days.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 04-11-2018 at 05:12 PM.
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RAVENS (Jens Assur 2017)
Grim life on a remote Swedish farm in 1978 relieved by a pretty girl from Stockholm and bird watching for young Klas - but will be have to take over the farm, after all? Debut feature for this photojournalist by trade has beautiful visuals.
THE CLEANERS (Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck 2018)
Benighted, shadowy drones in Manila are underpaid to edit out ugly images from social media, but the really ugly stuff goes unchecked in this short doc that takes on more than it can handle.
THE PUSHOUTS (Katie Galloway 2018)
Under-an-hour doc from award-winning local documentarian follows Victor Rios, a former drug dealer and gang member who became a UC Santa Barbara professor with a wife and kids, as he leads a SoCal program, Yo Watts!, to motivate and turn around kids who have left school, not as "dropouts" but as "pushouts" the system works to defeat.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING (Mila Turajlić 2017)
Prizewinning documentary is an illustration of how the personal parallels the political as it follows filmmaker Mila Turajlić's mother Srbijanka's description of family and national history starting with the subdivision of their sumptuous apartment in downtown Belgrade in the time of Tito.
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