When life gets you down, sometimes it seems like there’s no road up. Co-directors Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel take an in-depth look into The Cara Program, an employment support group that aids struggling Chicagoans…
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘By Rook or Left Hook: The Story of Chessboxing’
It’s hard to deny the title has some punch to it. The peculiar world of chessboxing, a sport determined to find the smartest toughest guy. The art of chessboxing is finding the balance between two…
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Enemies of the State’
by James Y. Leeby James Y. LeeTake one look at, say, Netflix’s vast documentary catalog, and you’ll instantly realize that the true-crime documentary genre has found itself in a state of oversaturation. From the litany of same-ish docs on streaming services…
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021: ‘The Last Horns of Africa’
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarNature documentaries often take a wonder-first approach to storytelling: the narration and cinematography are acutely focused on portraying the majesty of nature, the beauty of its subjects, and the stunning worlds that exist parallel to…
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Aware – Glimpses of Consciousness’
by Cammy Maddenby Cammy MaddenThe nature of consciousness is a complex topic. One that humanity has tried to view through every lens that we’ve created or discovered. Religion, philosophy, psychology, biology, chemistry, and psychedelics, just to name a few.…
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Holy Frit’
by James Y. Leeby James Y. LeeEccentricity and innovation have always been defining features of any given artist — even more so for documentaries that specifically go out of their way to train a lens on them. Whether it be the…
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2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 4
by Nick Kushby Nick KushCheck out the rest of our coverage of the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Paradise Without People Even though the Syrian refugee crisis…
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2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 1
by Lisa Geurtsby Lisa GeurtsDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, some film festivals have moved online. This allowed me to — despite being based in London — screen some of the slate in the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. So,…