GIRL WALK/ ALL DAY- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Girl Walk / All Day is a feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City. They turn the city’s sidewalks, parks and architecture into an evolving stage as they spread their joy of movement.”
11/2/12- A good review in today’s NY Times and excellent audience reviews as well. TRDB.
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GIRL WALK/ ALL DAY- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Girl Walk / All Day is a feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City. They turn the city’s sidewalks, parks and architecture into an evolving stage as they spread their joy of movement.”
11/2/12- A good review in today’s NY Times and excellent audience reviews as well. TRDB.
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RADIO UNNAMEABLE- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Legendary radio personality Bob Fass revolutionized late night FM radio by serving as a cultural hub for music, politics and audience participation for nearly 50 years. Long before today’s innovations in social media, Fass utilized the airwaves for mobilization encouraging luminaries and ordinary listeners to talk openly and take the program in surprising directions. Radio Unnameable is a visual and aural collage that pulls from Bob Fass’s immense archive of audio from his program, film, photographs, and video that has been sitting dormant until now.”
Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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CHASING ICE- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “This mesmerizing and beautifully shot documentary from National Geographic photographer James Balog offers a clear vision of climate change as time-lapse cameras across the Arctic reveal glaciers melting and disappearing over a period of years.”
Just a few professional reviews and they are all good. TRDB.
11/9/12- A very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
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DINOTASIA- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “One of our favorite natural history subjects, the good old dinosaur, gets a makeover and then some in this fantastically ambitious and groundbreaking documentary. Based on cutting-edge paleontology and the latest fossil records, DINOTASIA presents a series of vignettes about dinosaurs – both familiar faces and some we have only found out about in the past ten years.”
10/26/12– Weak review in today’s NY Times and by other professional critics as well for this new documentary narrated by Werner Herzog. Audiences have liked it. TRDB.
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FUN SIZE- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When feisty teenager Wren loses her offbeat kid brother on Halloween, she joins forces with four friends — BFF April, wannabe player Peng and nerdy Roosevelt — to find him during one crazy, adventure-filled night.”
10/26/12- All I can say is that The NY Times didn’t pan it but everyone else did. Audiences, however, have liked it. TRDB.
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LONG SHOT: THE KEVIN LAUE STORY- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Though born with one arm, Kevin Laue is determined to pursue his dreams and win the approval of his deceased coach father. This inspiring documentary follows Laue’s highs and lows as he works to become college basketball’s first one-armed player.”
10/26/12- A good review in today’s NY Times and OK reviews in general. TRDB.
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THE BLACK TULIP- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After the Taliban is routed from Afghanistan in early 2001, the Mansouri family seizes the new window of freedom by opening a restaurant called “Poet’s Corner,” with an open microphone and an inviting platform for all to read poetry and tell their stories. This newfound hope proves to be fleeting as they struggle to maintain their lifestyle when encountering very real threats from lingering factions of the Taliban.”
10/26/12- Weak review in today’s NY Times and by other professional critics as well. Audiences have liked this movie a lot. TRDB.
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FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS- 2010. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A father and daughter are separated but are never truly apart in this touching story of a family tragically divided. Reshma is a troubled teenager in 1980s New York who struggles to discover a sense of self and strength amidst a daunting array of pressures and betrayals. While continually grappling with her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Reshma holds on to her dreams of reuniting with the father in Guyana she has not seen or heard from in thirteen years. Documentary filmmaker Shundell Prasad’s ambitious feature debut, which spans two continents and three decades, offers a nuanced and empathetic lens into the plight of displaced immigrant families struggling to create a brighter future for their children.”
11/2/12- Weak review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmaker Ross McElwee finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a defiant young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the internet. To understand the growing distance between himself and his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first time in decades to retrace his own journey into adulthood. He also hopes to track down his first employer, a photographer named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.”
10/12/12- A good review in today’s NY Times– I think! TRDB.
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