One of the best documentaries coming into this awards season is this Netflix feature that was executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama. Crip Camp follows the participants of Camp Jened in the 1970s which was a place that catered to teenagers with physical disabilities. Written and directed by Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht, the… Read More Crip Camp (2020)
Raindance Film Festival has ended and I can’t believe that this is not my first but second festival. I have managed to watch 7 films that are proof that indie films are still thriving and exciting as ever. Having viewed a selection of films from different countries that explore a variety of topics from identity… Read More Raindance Film Festival 2020 – Roundup
Getting back to my Raindance viewing after a few days off, the next film on my list is a documentary that immediately grabbed my interest. The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo follows an eccentric sound engineer, Rigo Pex, who begins to see pink flamingos everywhere and wants to get to the bottom of what it… Read More Raindance Film Festival 2020 – The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
My third film at Raindance is a heartbreaking documentary by Sabrina Van Tassel. The films follows the case of Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas for the abuse and death of her toddler, Mariah. The interviews with Lucio take place 11 years into her life on death row as she… Read More Raindance Film Festival 2020 – The State of Texas vs Melissa
The only documentary I have seen in the festival thus far, One Man and His Shoes is the debut feature documentary from Yemi Bamiro. The film follows the rise of Michael Jordan’a relationship with Nike and the creation of the Air Jordans in the 1980s and how they have created a trend for extremely expensive… Read More London Film Festival 2020 – One Man and His Shoes
This documentary by Werner Herzog follows bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell, as he dedicates his life to protect the bears in The Grizzly Maze in the Alaskan reserve. The footage of Treadwell was self-recorded as he wanted to display the kinship he felt between himself and the bears in a way to promote awareness for wildlife… Read More Grizzly Man (2005)
