#HOTDOCS: “FAITH AND BRANKO”
By George Kozera
Faith is in Serbia to learn all about gypsy music known as Roma. While there, she meets Branko, a Roma Violinist, and this British Artist slowly develops romantic feelings towards her effervescent musical collaborator. They make beautiful music together and decide to marry.
FAITH AND BRANKO follows these lovebirds as they journey through their life together. While wonderful at first, Faith needs her travel itch to be scratched and Branko is reluctant to leave his family ...
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#HOTDOCS: “LOVE IT WAS NOT”
By George Kozera
My mother spent the last nine months of World War II in Auschwitz and I grew-up hearing her many first hand accounts of living in a Concentration Camp. Not only had visiting the site left me with images I will never forget, I make a point of watching any films that deal with the Holocaust during daytime hours. Thatâs how I viewed Filmmaker Maya Sarfatyâs astonishing Documentary LOVE IT WAS NOT, based on a love affair between Helena Zitron (a stunningly beautiful Jewish ...
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#HOTDOCS: “ANY GIVEN DAY”
By Justin Waldman
The United States penal system is broken, Any Given Day proves that. One town in Chicago, specifically Chicagoâs Cook County Mental Health Court offers people with any mental illness a rehabilitation program instead of traditional probation but under the same restrictions as probation. While this is a step in the right direction, after the program ends people are left to their own devices, and any relapse or reconviction for anything caused by their mental health would ...
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#HOTDOCS: “ROCKFIELD: THE STUDIO ON THE FARM”
By Justin Waldman
It is the year of the Music Documentary and Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm packs the Rock and Roll punch it needs. Brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward, they turned in their milk farm and created a recording studio and word spread like wildfire and they became one of the most famous recording studios. The likes of Black Sabbath, Oasis, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop, etc. have recorded at Rockfield.
What makes this Documentary so great, is the history and stories that have ...
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#HOTDOCS: “A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY”
By Justin Waldman
A.rtificial I.mmortality is incredibly interesting Documentary asking us the difficult questions of what if we could place our mind and moreover conscious in an AI program. While this has been explored throughout countless fictitious films, the Documentary scratches the surface of the science, moral questions, and real possibilities of artificial immortality. The Documentary features several interviews with Nick Bostrom, Douglas Rushkoff, Ben Goertzel, Deepak Chopra and ...
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#HOTDOCS: “THE FACE OF ANONYMOUS”
By Justin Waldman
The Face of Anonymous explores the powers of "Hacktivist" group Anonymous while focuses on Commander X specifically. Anonymous is the group behind cyber-attacks and supporter of Wikileaks while getting justice for the voiceless. However, The Face of Anonymous focuses solely on one member, Commander X - real name Christopher Mark Doyon - who is currently wanted by the FBI. One of the many things that Commander X is responsible for is hacking VISA, Paypal and Mastercard for ...
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#HOTDOCS: “COME BACK ANYTIME”
By Justin Waldman
The best part of being able to watch Documentaries at home this year, is being able to enjoy proper meals while indulging in wonderful stories. Before you watch Come Back Anytime assure that you have a hearty bowl of delicious incredible ramen in your hands as you will be salivating throughout the entire Documentary. It focuses on Masamoto and Kazuko Ueda and their ramen shop in Tokyo. The Film shifts back and forth between the ramen shop that evolved from just serving ...
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#HOTDOCS: “THE SPARKS BROTHERS”
By Justin Waldman
Have you heard of Sparks? Have you not heard of Sparks? Quite frankly it doesnât matter if you know the British/non British band, The Sparks Brothers is an excellent Documentary. Ron and Russell Mael have been making and performing music for over 50 years, going through reinventions of sound and style throughout their career. They managed to create sounds before they became popular, accused of plagiarizing themselves as their sound has inspired countless acts.
With ...
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#HOTDOCS: “7 YEARS OF LUKAS GRAHAM”
By George Kozera
Lukas Graham achieved fame and critical success in a relatively short amount of time. With having access to the group years before they made it big worldwide, 7 YEARS OF LUKAS GRAHAM is a fascinating account of a group starting small then gaining momentum, overcoming barricades and hitting milestone after milestone. A number one hit. Numerous Grammy nominations. Dealing with the death of a parent, then finally become a parent themselves. What is most admirable about what ...
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#HOTDOCS: “THE VOICE BREAK CHOIR”
By George Kozera
When the voices begin to crack on the members of the Stockholm Boys' Choir as they approach puberty and decide they wish to continue to sing in a choir as they inch their way to adulthood, they enter what can only be best described as a musical limbo. With the help of an assistant, these young boys tackle songs that best suit their âdevelopingâ voices until they are old enough to sing in traditional choirs. THE VOICE BREAK CHOIR is an utterly charming 29 minute long ...
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