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This genre is applied to titles pertaining to social topics such as the study of other cultures, the examination of social or activist movements, pop culture and social trends, current events, race and gender, political movements and trends, and other various national and international social issues. Titles a...
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By ShaunHuston on ShaunHuston filmblog
" My PopMatters feature on Strange Culture (2006) and documentary film has generated some comment on other blogs. You can follow the reactions and critiques at: AJ Schnack's All These Wonderful Things.Chuck Tryon's The Chutry Experiment.Indiewire. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs [More]"
Sending a bullet with flowers
By unclefestering on unclefestering Blog
" Directed by Jason Kohn. Starring Jader Barbalho, Claudio Fonteles, Helbio Dias, Juarez Avelar, Paulo Lamarao, Mario Lucio Avelar. Manda Bala is an incredible indictment; almost a cheerfully sad story of degradation on all levels of Brazilian society. In the documentary’s opening, we hear a prosecutor explaining how corruption is the source from which all other crimes fl ... [More]"
Two new pieces at PopMatters
By ShaunHuston on ShaunHuston filmblog
" I have two items at PopMatters today. One, a feature about documentary filmmaking that doubles as a review of the DVD for Strange Culture (2006), I've been waiting to see "in print" for awhile. The other is a review of the recently released Criterion Edition Mon Oncle Antoine (1971). PopMatters home.Read the feature on Strange Culture and documentary film.Read the review of Mo ... [More]"
Would the SPCA approve?
By vhsparrow on vhsparrow Blog
" This was a pleasant surprise -- not necessarily a good film, but more interesting than I expected Far from a cruel parting gift from Javier, this was an interesting, affirmative film, but it was both mislabled from a marketing standpoint and mismarketed as a sports film.As many of the film's subjects exclaim at the beginning of the film, Jamaica had a bobsled team, which became ... [More]"
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Who's Camus Anyway
In Spout Mavens last post by mercurial
"Directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. Starring Hinano Yoshikawa, Ai Maeda, Shuji Kashiwabara, Hideo Nakaizumi, Meisa Kuroki. The Japanese film Who's Camus An ... [More] "
Manda Bala
In Spout Mavens last post by rik_tod
"Manda Bala Directed by Jason Kohn. Starring Jader Barbalho, Claudio Fonteles, Helbio Dias, Juarez Avelar, Paulo Lamarao, Mario Lucio Avelar. Brazil is a nation where political and economic corruption and ... [More] "
Sun Dogs
In Spout Mavens last post by The_American_Dream
"Sun Dogs From the sun-kissed beaches and tropical paradise of Jamaica comes a story of second chances. Rescued from the mean streets and animal shelters of Kingston, 12 stray dogs are trained to be the stars of Jamaica’s first dog ... [More] "
Weekly Theme for July 7: Foodie Heaven
In Weekly Theme last post by pippin06
"Moving along from the depressingly bleak visions of man struggling to survive after the apocalypse, let's spend some time examining films that revolve around humankind's love of food in all it's myriad forms. We all know at least one sc ... [More] "
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