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The Holy Game – Sacred Soccer

The Holy Game – Sacred Soccer

Jun 29, 2021

Soccer (aka football in the rest of the world) is often called ?the beautiful game?. Next year the world will be watching The World Cup with teams from around the world vying for the quadrennial championship. A less well-known championship is the Clericus Cup, a...

The Best of AFI Docs 2021

The Best of AFI Docs 2021

Jun 29, 2021

Now that AFI Docs has wrapped up, it?s time to see the winners and to make note of my favorites. Here are the award winners from the festival: AUDIENCE AWARD: FEATURE STORM LAKE DIRS: Jerry Risius and Beth Levision. For 30 years, in Storm Lake, Iowa, Art Cullen and...

Day 5 at AFI Docs

Day 5 at AFI Docs

Jun 28, 2021

Often when important events happen, those involved pay homage to the past by talking of standing on the shoulders of giants. (This actually goes back to before its attribution to Sir Isaac Newton, so there are obviously lots of giants.) Today?s films look back at a...

Day 4 at AFI Docs

Day 4 at AFI Docs

Jun 27, 2021

Today?s films range from the mundane to the worlds of power and money. Documentaries are ways to mark points in time, to see life in new ways, and to broaden our knowledge. That happens in these films. The HBO Documentary Series Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect...

Day 3 at AFI Docs

Day 3 at AFI Docs

Jun 26, 2021

Today?s films reflect a look at history. That includes a look at a wonderful music festival from 50 years ago?that isn?t Woodstock, and an in depth look at one of the darkest days of recent American history. In 1969 the world knew all about Woodstock. A few hundred...

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya

Jun 25, 2021

?Haven?t I got the right to be happy?? In Teona Strugar Mitevska?s God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya, tradition and modernity come into conflict. We watch as a woman must find her own value when everyone around her sees her as worthless. The church, the community, the...

Day 2 at AFI Docs

Day 2 at AFI Docs

Jun 25, 2021

The films I?ve chosen for today are very much focused on issues that touch the lives of many people. These are films that in many ways are ?ripped from headlines?. It?s worth noting that two of the films include coverage of issues dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Day 1 at AFI Docs

Day 1 at AFI Docs

Jun 23, 2021

Welcome to the real world. Documentaries take us into the world to show us lives and issues that we might otherwise not know about. AFI Docs is a festival filled with documentaries to challenge us to see the world around us from a new perspective. In the current...

Looking Ahead to AFI Docs

Jun 21, 2021

One of my favorite film industry events is the annual AFI Fest in the fall. It always has a collection of the best films of the year. The American Film Institute has another important festival each year, AFI Docs, that centers on documentary films. AFI Docs usually...