Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 50/100 SYNOPSIS: New Year's Eve 1999. Twenty-year-old Sebastian, armed with a gun, hijacks a TV studio and takes two hostages a famous TV presenter and a security guard. His plan? No one seems … Continue reading.
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Sundance 2021 Review: Sabaya
Written by Taylor Baker 86/100 SYNOPSIS: Guarded by Kurdish forces, 73,000 Daesh (ISIS) supporters are locked up in the Al-Hol Camp in northeastern Syria. Considered the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, it is situated amidst a volatile political … Continue reading.
Sundance 2021 Review: CODA
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 80/100 SYNOPSIS: As a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between … Continue reading.
Sundance 2021 Review: Wild Indian
Written by Taylor Baker 66/100 In an effort to define a train of experience for Native life Wild Indian starts in the 1800's with a man who appears to have the pox wandering west. It quickly changes course to the … Continue reading.
Sundance 2021 Review: President
Written by Taylor Baker 70/100 SYNOPSIS: Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. In the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, the new leader of the opposition Nelson Chamisa is challenging the dictator’s corrupt legacy, and his successor Emmerson ‘the … Continue reading.
Sundance 2021 Review: In the Same Breath
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 60/100 Anger is the overwhelming feeling that describes my experience viewing this documentary. As someone who has been personally affected by the death of a loved one from COVID, this viewing was not … Continue reading.
Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Written by Taylor Baker 75/100 Pictured Above: Questlove shooting on location. SYNOPSIS: Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is the untold story of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, featuring never-before-seen performances from Stevie Wonder, Nina … Continue reading.
Sundance 2021 Preview with members of ForReel Movie News and Reviews
https://youtu.be/rcniSBJqlfg Sundance 2021 Preview The 2021 Sundance Film Festival will be upon us in just over two weeks. Although there will be a lack of snowboarding and pub-crawling around Park City this year, Sundance is committed to making us feel … Continue reading.