MOSES 13-STEPS
Nominally this is the life and times of Edwin Moses who went unbeaten in the 400 meter hurdles after he worked out mathematically how to do it. In actuality it is a look at the arc of Moses' life in every corner of his life.
Set p to be just a sports doc, the film covers so much more such as the changes in society that were welling up all l around him. The film transcends being just a portrait of a man to become something greater
WE ALL BLEED RED
Photographer Martin Schoeller best known for taking photographs of famous people also takes photographs of less famous people and the disenfranchised. Most importantly he listens to their stories.
Magnificent film is not so much a film about Schoeller, but instead it's about all of humanity. Listening to the tales that go with the pictures makes them even more Beautiful. This is one of the great finds of the festival.
Highly recommended.
TWICE INTO OBLIVION
Actors from both Haiti and The Dominican Republic come together to do a theater piece on the 1937 massacre of 20,000 Haitians in the Dominican Republic.
I'm honestly mixed on this film. I was very interested in the history and the discussion of the events surrounding the massacre, but is didn't much care for the theatrical piece being put together. To me that was the least interesting thing here.
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