<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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@SXSW – See You Then

@SXSW – See You Then

Mar 16, 2021

Reuniting with an old friend can be a wonderful time as you catch up on each other?s lives. But it can also be stressful when there are unaddressed issues from years before. All that is multiplied when it is not just an old friend, but a former lover. In Mari Walker?s...

Martha: A Picture Story

Martha: A Picture Story

Mar 16, 2021

In Selina Miles?s debut feature documentary, Martha: A Picture Story, we enter the world of street art through Martha Cooper, who has been documenting that field for more than forty years. Cooper was in many ways a trailblazer as a working woman photojournalist. Her...

The People vs. Agent Orange

The People vs. Agent Orange

Mar 5, 2021

?[It] doesn?t go away. It goes away politically/? Most of us associate Agent Orange with the Vietnam War. The defoliant was used extensively in that war, both to eliminate the cover of jungle and to destroy crops. It also became a major veterans? issue, when many...

Reporting from Slamdance – The Winners Are…

Reporting from Slamdance – The Winners Are…

Feb 27, 2021

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

Feb 27, 2021

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

Feb 26, 2021

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

Feb 25, 2021

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...