Doc/Fest reviews
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‘Influence’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A portrait of the late PR mogul turned spin doctor and international ‘reputation manager’ Lord Tim Bell
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‘Your Mother’s Comfort’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
In Rio De Janeiro, a fiery trans rights activist and sex worker tries to hold the government to account
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‘Universe’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
Jazz doc tells the story of a missing jazz opus written for Miles Davis and eventually played by his mentee, Wallace Roney
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‘The Art Of Living In Danger’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A look inside the struggle against domestic violence in Iran
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‘Me And The Cult Leader’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A victim of the Tokyo sarin gas attack meets with one of its unrepentant perpetrators
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‘Southern Journey’ (Revisited): Sheffield Doc/Fest
Two British documentarians retrace the road taken by Alan Lomax and shirley Collins in 1959
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‘Remnants Of A Revolution’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A Filipino film-maker uncovers the secrets of a father’s past
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‘To See You Again’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A powerful portrait of female solidarity in the face of mass deaths and disappearances in Mexico
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‘Film About A Father Who’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A chapter in a continuing stream of work by an experimental, highly personal film-maker
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‘Faith And Branko’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A portrait of a personal and professional marriage between two wildly-different musicians
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‘The Filmmaker’s House’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
Marc Isaacs opens the doors to his home in this doc/fiction hybrid
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‘Where’s Edson?’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
In Brasilia, an activist struggles against a political tide to give voice to the homeless
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‘Our Land, Our Altar’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
Feature debut looks deep inside a Portuguese social housing estate scheduled for demolition
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'About Love': Sheffield Review
This absorbing family portrait from a young Bombay director took the New Talent award at Sheffield
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'Mike Wallace Is Here': Sheffield Review
Dynamic documentary about the life and career of influential American newsman Mike Wallace
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'Midnight Family': Sheffield Review
Fast-paced documentary following one of Mexico City’s many private ambulances
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'Ghosthunter': Sydney Review
A Sydney security guard and part-time ghostbuster confronts his own terrifying past
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'Worlds Of Ursula K. Le Guin': Sheffield Review
Film charting the life and legacy of science fiction novelist Ursula K. Le Guin
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'For The Birds': Sheffield Review
Eye-opening look at a woman who has adopted hundreds of birds