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Raindance Film Festival · 2010

Raindance Film Festival 2010

Documentary

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8 films · 2 reviews

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American Grindhouse

The hidden history of the American exploitation film.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Elijah Drenner; Writer: Elijah Drenner, Calum Waddell; Stars: Allison Anders, Judith M. Brown, Larry Cohen, Joe Dante, Don Edmonds, Robert Forster, David Hess, Jack Hill, Jonathan Kaplan, Jeremy Kasten, John Landis, Herschell Gordon Lewis, William Lustig, Ted V. Mikels, Bob Minor) , Official site

Camp Victory, Afghanistan

Review preview for Camp Victory, Afghanistan

Dysinger's style is immersive, thrusting us to the centre of activity in the camp and helping us to connect both with the day-to-day struggles of the rank and file and some of the thorny philosophical and political issues that surround it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Documentary focusing on the fledgling Afghan National Army.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Carol Dysinger) , Official site

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The Cutting Tradition

Documentary about the practice of female genital mutilation.

(Country: UK, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt; Year: 2009; Director: Nancy Durrell McKenna, John Howarth; Writer: John Howarth)

Rouge Ciel

Charting the rise of the art brut movement.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Bruno Decharme; Stars: Zdenek Kosek)

Stolen

Review preview for Stolen

There's almost a Blair Witch quality to this documentary - the naive young filmmakers suddenly out of their depth in a remote region where they've no idea where to turn for help.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Saharawi refugees in the Algerian desert speak out about slavery, and two filmmakers find themselves in unexpected danger.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Violeta Ayala, Daniel Fallshaw; Stars: Violeta Ayala, Daniel Fallshaw)

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There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho

Documentary about the people living on the tiny Polynesian island of Takuu, which is slowly succumbing to rising sea levels.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2010; Director: Briar March) , Official site

This Way Of Life

Intimate documentary about a Maori family.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2009; Director: Thomas Burstyn; Writer: Barbara Sumner-Burstyn; Stars: Colleen Karena, Peter Karena, Aurora Ottley-Karena, Corban Ottley-Karena, Elias Ottley-Karena, Llewelyn Ottley-Karena, Malachi Ottley-Karena, Salem Ottley-Karena) , Official site

The Vice Guide to Liberia

Documentary about the political instable country.

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