As with other festivals, Slamdance has awards to pass out to the films deemed most noteworthy. Here are some of the awards garnered by the feature documentaries that showed at Slamdance. The Grand Jury gave an Honorable Mention to Twin Fences. Written and directed by...
“Season the moment!” A Sloth Story, from directors Tania Vincent and Ricard Cussó, a battle plays out between the world of fast food and slow food. Actually, it’s really more a matter of how we approach life—full speed ahead, or stopping to smell the roses. Laura is...
There are millions of untold stories from the Holocaust. There are also millions of stories of survival. UnBroken is director Beth Lane’s record of the story of her family. The Weber family included seven children. Lane’s mother was the youngest. In this film, we meet...
A few decades ago, I started reading one of Kurt Vonnegut’s books, and it just didn’t click with me. A few years ago, I decided to give Slaughterhouse Five a try, since I like time travel stories. I discovered that I liked his sense of humor and his insight into...
Among all the other Oscars® given out, are three categories of short films. Those films can be seen in the weeks leading up to the awards at select theaters. (Check here for tickets near you.) One of those categories is Animated Shorts. Each year this category shows...
Among all the other Oscars® given out, are three categories of short films. Those films can be seen in the weeks leading up to the awards at select theaters. (Check here for tickets near you.) One of those categories is Live Action Shorts. Each year this category...
Among all the other Oscars® given out, are three categories of short films. Those films can be seen in the weeks leading up to the awards at select theaters. (Check here for tickets near you.) One of those categories is Documentary Shorts. Usually there are many...
“I’ve learned that my voice, it means something.” Each year, thousands of high school students around the country take part in speech and debate contests. ( I did a few myself in high school.) The goal is to make it to the Nationals of the National Speech and Debate...
“I want to tell you a story. A story thousands of years old. A story of men fighting for their land.” AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov, who won an Oscar for 20 Days in Mariupol, brings us another harrowing experience of the Russia-Ukraine War with 2000 Meters to...