‘Nothing But a Man’ Is an Unflinching Drama of Marriage and Racism
Nothing But a Man is about battling discrimination on an uneven playing field but also about tenaciously preserving friendships and families.
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True/False Film Fest: ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’
Director Sophie Fiennes mixes concert film with arresting cinéma vérité family portrait.
Ethnofiction and the Films of Jean Rouch
The African “dialogues” with Western culture, as twisted here in Eight Films by Jean Rouch to suit the purposes of those exposed to it, reflects the wider idea of “dialectics” between filmmakers and subjects.
The Paradox of Sight in the Films of Jean Rouch and Robert Drew
With all of their differences, the insistence that we are moved is integral to the cinematic enterprises of both Jean Rouch and Robert Drew.
In ‘Quest’, Inner-City American Life Is Given the Treatment It Deserves
Director Jonathan Olshefski has made a stirring call for the placement of low-income, inner-city families into our collective consciousness.