Happy
Martin McGuigan reviews HAPPY, which played at the UK Green Film Festival across the country this weekend
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Taste the Waste
Every year, households, retailers and food services waste enough food to satisfy the hunger of the world’s malnourished at least twice over. Valentin Thurn’s documentary asks why civilised societies throw away so much food, and how we can stop, or at least offset, the effects of our shameful waste.
Town of Runners
In most areas of rural Ethiopia, there aren’t many opportunities for young women beyond marriage and motherhood. Jerry Rothwell’s documentary, TOWN OF RUNNERS, introduces the farming town of Bekoji: the exception that proves the rule.
Marley
MARLEY combines a number of strands to make an excellent biography for those with either extensive or restricted knowledge of the man, says Jim Ross.
Khodorkovsky: the return of the unrepressed
When Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s richest oligarch, began to support Russia’s political opposition and challenged Vladimir Putin in a televised debate, he set in motion a series of events that will resonate for years to come.
Robert Mugabe… What Happened?
‘What can you do to a hero, or to a father, who has gone wayward? Can you discipline your father?’ Mike Boyd reviews this fascinating, frustrated portrait of Mugabe as a man, which is also an important history of the country as a whole.
Dreams of a Life
38 year old Joyce Vincent died in 2003, after wrapping her Christmas presents. Her body was not discovered until three years later, when she was found in an armchair, the television still on. In a city so densely compact, how is it possible for a person to become lost? Dorian Stone reviews Carol Morley’s drama-documentary DREAMS OF A LIFE.
Patience (After Sebald)
This poetic and meditative documentary introduces the viewer to the writings of the German/English writer W. G. Sebald and mainly his novel “The Rings of Saturn” which focuses on the narrators trips around Suffolk. Mihai Kolcsar reviews.
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
Lucy Hughes looks at the work of the charismatic and gregarious documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty