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AURORA’S SUNRISE – Review by Leslie Combemale

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 Leslie Combemale animation, Armenian Genocide, Auction of Souls, Aurora Mardiganian, Aurora’s Sunrise, hybrid documentary, Inna Sahakyan, Moebius, Ravished Armenia

Truth be told, I didn’t know much about the Armenian genocide before watching Inna Sahakyan’s award-winning animation/live action hybrid documentary, Aurora’s Sunrise. I had vague recollections of it from world history class as a violent event that predated the holocaust of World War II. Rest assured I walked away from the film with knowledge I’ll never forget, and that’s true for anyone who sees it.

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SELL/BUY/DATE (SXSW 2022) – Review by Leslie Combemale

March 12, 2022October 7, 2022 Leslie Combemale Alice Little, Amy Bond, Chicken Ranch, documentaries, Esperanza Fonseca, hybrid documentary, Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date, sex work, sxsw 2022

As a hybrid documentary, Sell/Buy/Date is one freaky little non-movie, or what ‘I-can-do-it-all’ poster gal, writer/director/producer/performer Sarah Jones calls an ‘unorthodoc’. Sell/Buy/Date considers how the sex industry is at the intersection of race, feminism, power, and money, through the lens of one Black woman with many voices seeking to better understand sex work.