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Glasgow Film Festival 2021

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My Favorite War My Favorite War
My Favorite War and Gunda
Big Vs Small (Country: Finland; Year: 2020; Director: Minna Dufton; Writer: Minna Dufton)
Profile of big-wave surfer Joana Andrade.
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Castro’s Spies (Country: Ireland; Year: 2020; Director: Ollie Aslin, Gary Lennon; Writer: Ollie Aslin, Gary Lennon)
Castro's Spies tells the thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban intelligence agents sent undercover to the US in the 1990s.
Full Review See: Interview with Ollie Aslin and Gary Lennon about Castro’s Spies
City Hall (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Frederick Wiseman; Stars: Marty Walsh)
A look at Boston's city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.
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Gunda (Country: Norway, US; Year: 2020; Director: Victor Kossakovsky)
Pigs, cows and chickens. Intimate portraits of living beings who wind up dead on a plate every day.
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My Favorite War (My Favourite War) (Country: Norway, Latvia; Year: 2020; Director: Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen; Writer: Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen), Official Site
The director recalls the impact of Soviet propaganda on her childhood.
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Tina Tina
Tina and Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Tina (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Daniel Lindsay, TJ Martin; Writer: Daniel Lindsay, TJ Martin; Stars: Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Turner, Katori Hall, Kurt Loder)
A documentary celebration of Tina Turner.
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (Truman And Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation) (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland; Stars: Dick Cavett, David Frost)
The work, lives and personal journeys of two iconic American artists coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary.
Full Review See: Lisa Immordino Vreeland in conversation on Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, and Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
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