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Festival Coverage

Hot Docs 2016: ‘The Pearl of Africa’ and ‘Putuparri and the Rainmakers’

April 30, 2016Wylie Writes Staff0 Comments

The Pearl of Africa (DIR. Jonny von Wallström) By: Shannon Page Director Jonny von Wallström’s first full-length documentary is the story of Cleopatra Kambugu, a transgender woman living in Uganda who is forced to leave her country after a bill is passed making her gender identity punishable by life in prison or even execution.  The Pearl of Africa follows Cleo as she travels from Uganda to Thailand for sex reassignment surgery.

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Too Late

April 29, 2016Trevor Jeffery0 Comments

Private Investigator Mel Sampson (John Hawkes) fast-talks his way through strip clubs and mob bosses for one very dear-to-his-heart dancer.  After one-time acquaintance Dorothy (Crystal Reed) places a call to Sampson for help, Sampson comes running, but he’s too late.  The chain-smoking Sampson doesn’t rest until he finds out what happened to her – and makes sure the appropriate parties understand their mistakes.

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Hot Docs 2016: ‘Bobby Sands: 66 Days’ and ‘Off the Rails’

April 27, 2016Wylie Writes Staff0 Comments

Bobby Sands: 66 Days (DIR. Brendan Byrne) By: Shannon Page Bobby Sands, a member of the Irish Republican Army, was only twenty-seven years old when he died in prison in 1981 after refusing food for 66 days.  Sands was the first of ten IRA prisoners to die as the result of a hunger strike in protest of their status as regular criminals, as opposed to political prisoners.

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Dead Drop

April 24, 2016Addison Wylie0 Comments

Dead Drop doesn’t do or say anything that you haven’t already seen in dozens of straight-to-DVD features or cheap movies-of-the-week on cable – I don’t know how else to expand on that.  It’s a xerox of a photocopy that’s been faxed and re-printed.

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Hot Docs 2016: ‘A Dog’s Life’ and ‘Hotel Dallas’

April 23, 2016Wylie Writes Staff0 Comments

A Dog’s Life (DIR. Hélène Choquette) By: Shahbaz Khayambashi Research has shown time and time again that pets are beneficial to homeless individuals, as they provide love, support and companionship to a marginalized, frequently ignored population.  A Dog’s Life is a study of the benefits and hardships that come along with being homeless with a dog, discovered through interviews with several people in this particular situation.  What follows are anecdotes about a variety of topics…

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