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Sheffield DocFest · 2024

Sheffield DocFest 2024

Rebellions

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10 films · 2 reviews

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Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Story of the trailblazing trans soul musician.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee; Writer: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, Alison Duke; Stars: James Baley, Bobby Dean Blackburn, Rob Bowman, Sandra Caldwell, Jimmy Church, Makayla Couture, Rodney Diverlus, Andrenee Majors Douglas, Elaine Gaber-Katz, Howard Gentry, Michael Gray, Vonnie Moore, Marisa Richmond, Jackie Shane, Raymond Summerour)

An Army of Women

A group of women in Austin, Texas, join forces to legally challenge the system that allowed their rapists to walk free.

(Country: Norway, Germany, US; Year: 2024; Director: Julie Lunde Lillesæter)

Bread & Roses

Three Afghan women document what life is like after the return of Taliban rule.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sahra Mani)

The Cranes Call

Account of the mission to hold those responsible for atrocities in Ukraine to account.

(Country: Netherlands, Germany, France, Ukraine, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Laura Warner; Stars: Anna Neistat, Solomiia Stasiv)

Farming The Revolution

Tale of Indian protest against newly enacted Farm Laws.

(Country: India, France, Norway, Qatar, Switzerland, US; Year: 2024; Director: Nishtha Jain, Akash Basumatari; Writer: Nishtha Jain, Deborah Matzner, Valérie Montmartin)

Madaniya

Consdieration of the citizens' revolt that toppled 30 years of repressive rule in Sudan.

(Country: Sudan; Year: 2024; Director: Mohamed Subahi)

No Other Land

Review preview for No Other Land

No Other Land brings humanity and particularity to a topic that is too often discussed in the abstract.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

(Country: Palestinian Territories; Year: 2024; Director: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor; Stars: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal)

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S/He Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Doc

Portrait of the singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist and occultist.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Charles Rodrigues)

State Of Silence (Estado de Silencio)

Mexican journalists battle drug lords in a high-stakes game of truth and consequences.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Santiago Maza; Writer: Santiago Maza)

Strike: An Uncivil War

Review preview for Strike: An Uncivil War

Powerful and thorough.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
The Battle of Orgreave, recounted by those who lived through it, is contextualised through the history of the British mining union and a government that was hell-bent on breaking it.

(Year: 2024; Director: Daniel Gordon) , Trailer

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