<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Accepted – What Will Get You Into College?

Accepted – What Will Get You Into College?

A small college prep school in rural Louisiana boasts that 100% of graduates are accepted into college, including 32% into Ivy League schools. An impressive record. It gained national media attention due to viral videos of students learning of their acceptances. That...

Grace and Grit – Death and Life

Grace and Grit – Death and Life

?Because I could no longer ignore death, I pay more attention to life.? Based on a true story, Grace and Grit, from director Sebastian Siegel, is story of love in the face of death. The specter of death is of such existential power that we would expect such a story to...

Undine – Two Worlds

Undine – Two Worlds

?If you leave me, I?ll have to kill you.? Those words are not an empty threat by a thwarted woman. Christian Petzold?s Undine retells the folklore/myth of a water nymph who is compelled by her nature to destroy an unfaithful lover. That underlying story has found...

Two Gods – Who Will You Follow?

Two Gods – Who Will You Follow?

?Surely we belong to God and to Him we shall return.? In Zeshawn Ali?s Two Gods we see the struggles of people dealing with violence in their lives and neighborhoods. The documentary set mostly in Newark, New Jersey, focuses on Hanif, a Muslim casket maker and ritual...

Spring Blossom – Young Love

Spring Blossom – Young Love

One of the rites of passage in the teenage years is to fall in love. In Spring Blossom we watch a young woman who doesn?t feel at ease with her peers begin an infatuation with an older man, who has his own issues about fitting in. Together they enter into a...

The Perfect Candidate – Speaking Out

The Perfect Candidate – Speaking Out

The world is changing. Of course, each day brings changes, some small, some momentous. But for women in Saudi Arabia, changes are happening rapidly. In Haifaa Al Mansour?s The Perfect Candidate we see a woman who almost by accident finds herself in a role that not...