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Glasgow Film Festival · 2020

Glasgow Film Festival 2020

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8 films · 3 reviews

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Billie

Documentary on the famed jazz singer, Billie Holiday.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: James Erskine; Stars: Billie Holiday)

The Changin' Times Of Ike White

Review preview for The Changin' Times Of Ike White

Daniel Vernon’s film is one of those meandering documentaries that starts out trying to do one thing and ends up going in directions that nobody involved seems to have anticipated.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about the man behind the first ever commercial album recorded inside an American prison by an inmate, charting his journey out from prison into industry adulation and life as a free man, eventually leading to his reinvention as a performer for hire.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Daniel Vernon)

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Gay Chorus Deep South

To confront a resurgence of anti-LGBTQ laws, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on an unprecedented bus tour through the Deep South, celebrating music, challenging intolerance, and confronting their own dark coming out stories.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: David Charles; Writer: David Charles, Jeff Seymann Gilbert; Stars: Tim Seelig)

I Want My MTV (Biography: I Want My MTV)

Review preview for I Want My MTV

The music used is sufficiently varied that there will be something to please and something to annoy almost everyone.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
In 1981, a new channel burst onto the rising spectrum of cable TV offerings. It became a touchstone for young people and a new format for musicians and filmmakers to show off their talents.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Tyler Measom, Patrick Waldrop; Writer: John Paul Horstmann, Tyler Measom; Stars: Tori Amos, Jack Antonoff, Jeff Ayeroff, Pat Benatar, Michael Ian Black, Todd Boyd)

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Jazz On A Summer's Day

A celebration of one joyous Saturday during the Newport Jazz Festival of 1958

(Country: US; Year: 1959; Director: Bert Stern, Aram Avakian)

Technoboss

A travelling salesman strives to rekindle an old romance with a hotel receptionist in this deadpan comedy.

(Country: Portugal, France; Year: 2019; Director: João Nicolau; Stars: Miguel Lobo Antunes, Luisa Cruz, Americo Silva)

This World Won't Break

A struggling middle aged musician wrestles with a dead-end job, being practically homeless and still being unable to write the perfect song.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Josh David Jordan; Stars: Willy Adams, Tamber Johnson, Jessica Marie Jordan)

White Riot

Review preview for White Riot

White Riot is as brisk, to the point and direct as any punk song of the period.

Sunil Chauhan · 4.5 out of 5
Profiling punk reggae protest movement Rock Against Racism.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Rubika Shah; Writer: Ed Gibbs, Rubika Shah)

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