Perspectives from a Professor
This German film makes its North American debut at RiverRun. The documentary examines life at a Hamburg laundry and follows three women who have worked there for years. By looking at their lives at work and at home, some surprising revelations are made and some poignant moments captured by filmmaker Susan Gluth. This is a …
Two Brazilian teenagers try to escape poverty in Rio de Janeiro with international careers as professional dancers. There aren’t a lot of surprises in this documentary, but that’s okay. It’s a lovely story to watch and, oh, can they dance! Screenings April 17, 18, and 21 at RiverRun. See the website (http://www.riverrunfilm.com) for details.
I don’t think I would change a thing about Last Train Home. Of course, I have a predilection for observational documentaries, but even given that bias, this is an illuminating and touching film. Life and labor, rural and urban, East and (at the interstices) West, youth and aging, and ideas about freedom, what it means …
Robert Person’s directorial debut is stunning visually. Some of these images featured prominently in the first half of the film are as familiar to me as the farms in Cleveland County where my parents grew up. The film looks at place and history with a narration that is poetic but loaded with (too much?) gravitas. …
A must-see for art-lovers, filmmaker Tamra Davis uses an interview she taped of her friend years ago as the spine of this documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat. The film focuses on the time period from his move to Manhattan as a teenager and rise to fame in the art world to his death at age 27. …