The 2019 iteration of OTFF includes documentaries about conflict refugees, the Satanic Temple, the even more infamous Steve Bannon, and Toni Morrison.
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Film preview: ‘Maria by Callas’
Shining a spotlight on the late Maria Callas, the new documentary “Maria by Callas” tells the renowned opera star’s story almost entirely through her own words, curating archival newsreel footage, interviews, unpublished personal letters to friends, diaries, and memoirs into an intimate account of the diva’s life and career.
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Film review: ‘McQueen’
With their deeply affecting documentary, directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui take a close look at Alexander McQueen’s life and work, and in the process create an engrossing film, even for those who don’t consider themselves fashion connoisseurs.
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URMC artist in residence fights stigmas with portraits
Charmaine Wheatley has set up camp at the UR’s Medical Center to paint portraits of individuals from two stigmatized communities: people living with mental illness, and people living with HIV
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Film preview: ‘The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Shorts’
It’s that time of year again, as ShortsTV once again brings all fifteen of the year’s Oscar-nominated short films from the Animated, Live-Action, and Documentary categories into theaters around the country. Get an advantage in your office Oscar pool, and catch up with all the nominees before the Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, […]
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Film review: ‘Kedi’
Turkish filmmaker Ceyda Torun turns her cameras on the infamous street cats of Istanbul in “Kedi,” a charming, warm-hearted documentary tailor-made for cat people (or animal lovers of any stripe). For thousands of years, these mysterious creatures have ruled the streets of Torun’s hometown, and in that time they’ve grown to be an integral part […]
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Film review: “I Am Not Your Negro”
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards, Raoul Peck’s extraordinary “I Am Not Your Negro” uses as its framework an unfinished 30-page manuscript by author and essayist James Baldwin. The book proposal was started in 1979, and the final work was to explore the experience of being black in America viewed through […]
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Film review: “Peter and the Farm”
The innocuous title is a bit misleading. Tony Stone’s documentary “Peter and the Farm” is less an educational peek into the life of the American farmer than a darkly existential character study about a broken man coming to grips with his own mortality and the legacy he leaves behind. Peter Dunning is the sole owner […]
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Humans of New York comes to Rochester
When Brandon Stanton moved to New York City in 2010, he planned to embark on a photography project to document 10,000 people on the streets. Since then, he’s added a powerful interview component, pairing each photo with quotes from that pictured individual. These stories vary from sweet accounts of how couples got together to anecdotes […]
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Director Josh Fox preaches to the choir
With his film climate change documentary “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change,” Josh Fox aims to fire up people to take action.
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Film review: “Dark Horse”
An amiably entertaining documentary from British filmmaker Louise Osmond, “Dark Horse” chronicles the story of a coal-mining village in Wales whose residents decide to pool their resources together to breed and train a racehorse. The effort is led by barmaid Jan Vokes and her husband, Brian, who were inspired to find a way for their […]
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Film review: “In Transit”
“In Transit,” the lovely final film by legendary documentarian Albert Maysles, focuses on the various passengers aboard the Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Aided by co-directors Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and David Usui, the filmmaker captures the conversations and connections formed between what were once complete strangers, and in […]
