OXFF2020 – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

RECKONING (OXFF2020) – Review by Sarah Ward

April 9, 2020 Sarah Ward 0 Comments Catherine Dyer, Danielle Deadwyler. reckoning, Lane Skye, OXFF2020, Ruckus Skye

In a movie that doubles as a gripping and textured character study of its protagonist, Danielle Deadwyler joins the ranks of formidable on-screen portrayals of women devoting every fibre of their being to conquering a life-or-death predicament.

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FROM BAGHDAD TO THE BAY (OXFF2020) – Review by Diane Carson

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Diane Carson 0 Comments documentaries, erin palmquist, from baghdad to the bay, Ghazwan Alsharif, OXFF2020, oxford film festival

Documentary director Erin Palmquist’s From Baghdad to the Bay takes the viewer on a roller coaster ride, following Ghazwan Alsharif from Baghdad to San Francisco, as the title accurately announces. With apologies to Charles Dickens, this modern-day tale of two cities does encompass the best of times and the worst of times for Alsharif.

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ROCKABUL (OXFF2020) – Review by Lois Alter Mark

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Lois Alter Mark 0 Comments afghanistan, district unknown, documentaries, OXFF2020, rockabul, travis beard

Rock and roll has always been about rebellion, but RocKabul, a documentary about a heavy metal band in Afghanistan, takes that idea to a whole new level. What makes the story so riveting is that these guys literally risk their lives to play their music.

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IN FLOWERS THROUGH SPACE (OXFF2020) – Review by Diane Carson

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 Diane Carson 0 Comments Dennis Cahlo, documentaries, E. Scott Lindner, Fibonacci sequence, in flowers through space, OXFF2020, oxford film festival

For anyone not conversant with the Fibonacci sequence, and that certainly includes me, In Flowers Through Space is an educational, cerebral and auditory experience that asks for one simple indulgence: abandon conventional, unadventurous ideas about music for at least its sixty-six minutes.