<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Reporting from Slamdance – The Winners Are…

Reporting from Slamdance – The Winners Are…

Now that the 2021 version of the Slamdance Film Festival is over, it is time to look back at some of the best films that played at the festival. The festival included 25 feature films and 107 shorts. Of course, the festival this year was almost completely virtual (the...

Reporting from Slamdance – a few final films

Reporting from Slamdance – a few final films

A few more films as I wind down my coverage of Slamdance Film Festival. It has been a wonderful experience, as most film festivals are. In Jim Bernfield?s documentary feature Me to Play, Dan Moran and Chris Jones, two actors with Parkinson?s Disease, set out to...

Reporting from Slamdance – 18th & Grand

Reporting from Slamdance – 18th & Grand

Growing up in Los Angeles in the 50s and 60s, I was well aware of the Olympic Auditorium. That was where they held wrestling, roller derby, and boxing that came into our homes on local TV. Later it was the scene of punk rock shows. In the years since, I?ve driven by...

Crisis – Trying to Take on Opioids

Crisis – Trying to Take on Opioids

The opioid epidemic is the setting for Nicholas Jarecki?s Crisis. The film looks at the issue from different angles by using three storylines (two of which converge) that allow the film to explore the pain caused by this problem as well as ethical and law enforcement...