Miss Gulag (Yatskova, 2007)
Miss Gulag tries hard to balance the story of a beauty pageant in a Siberian prison for females with a broader examination of life in post-Soviet society.
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Emergenetics and Made in Dagenham — 1More Podcast Episode 12
Tune in for a fascinating discussion about the differences between being assertive and being expressive, what makes a "red" thinker successful at taking up a "blue" cause, and how director Nigel Cole answered criticism that the union's victory paved the way for industrial jobs leaving England entirely.
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The Grove: A Fight to Remember (Wilson, 2011)
The Grove: A Fight to Remember begins with, pretty much ends with, and is interspersed with tourists in Golden Gate Park looking for the Japanese tea garden.
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An Encounter With Simone Weil (Haslett, 2011)
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."
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Hot Coffee (Saladoff, 2011)
Susan Saladoff's Hot Coffee is the documentary that Inside Job tried so hard to be, informative, educational about a complex subject without being reductive, partisan without being propaganda, and, ultimately, persuasive.
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Windfall (Israel, 2010)
Less of an indictment of wind energy companies (though it is that to some degree), Laura Israel's documentary is mostly an affirmation of the democratic process.
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Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (Murphy, 2011)
The key to Hey Boo's success lies in director Mary Murphy's ability to balance critique and appreciation, providing both historical and biographical context to explain the novel's importance and testimonials to attest to its timeless qualities.
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Soul Surfer (McNamara, 2011)
UPDATE: A podcast on Soul Surfer at The Thin Place.
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Miral (Schnabel, 2010)
Julian Schnabel's latest film brings to the screen the autobiographical novel of Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal. Here is a link to my review at Christianity Today Movies and TV.