DocPoint
DocPoint Film Festival takes place from January 31st to February 6th. Check out the full program here.) If you’ve followed this blog before, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of DocPoint, the Finnish documentary festival. You can find my coverage from 2020 here, and 2021 here.
DocPoint
(DOPE IS DEATH is playing at DocPoint 2021 now.) ★★★★★ | Heartbreaking truths DOPE IS DEATH, from director Mia Donovan, is a fine example of the power of journalism and intrepid legwork. Put together from exhaustively researched and presented archival footage, interviews, and stone-cold evidence, it is an impeccable indictment of a
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
★★★★★ | We were here once (ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA is available at DocPoint 2020.) Once Upon A Time In Venezuela, directed by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, feels like a fairy tale. A modern one without a happy ending, but larger than life nonetheless. It has all the elements of a
A Song Called Hate
★★★★ | Singing to closed ears (A SONG CALLED HATE premieres at DocPoint 2021) There’s a scene early on in A SONG CALLED HATE, where an art critic talks about the destiny of all performance pieces. “They’re all, eventually, a joke taken too far.” Moments earlier, the two leading members