Posts Tagged ‘Documentary’

Posted on January 15, 2009 - by Frank

Review: War Dance (DVD)

This review also appears at Filmguide.

Northern Uganda is an area ripped apart by war. The children of this area have been subject to atrocities many of us couldn’t even imagine.

The directors of War Dance, Sean Fines and Andrea Nix Fine, traveled to the area with the intention of making a film about the problems of Northern Uganda and found the children of Acholi, the tribe most affected by the strife.

The film follows the lives of 3 children (Dominic, Nancy and Rose) from one of the schools in a displaced persons camp as the school prepares and competes in Uganda’s national music and dance competition.

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Posted on July 14, 2008 - by Frank

Sundance Institute Documentary Program Announces Spring 2008 Grants

This just received from Brooks Addicott at the Sundance Institute:

Global Stories Resonate With International Talent

Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program announced 16 film projects to receive financial and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Fund. Out of 325 applications working in more than 52 countries, the 16 feature-length documentary films selected will receive a total of $512,500 in support for emerging and established filmmakers. The Sundance Documentary Film Program supports U.S. and international documentary filmmakers who explore the critical issues of our times with highly crafted storytelling and stylistic innovation.

Films funded in this round tell stories of the emotional impact of the death penalty, artists in exile from Burma, the largest annual migration of Chinese in the world, and Muslims in a post-9/11 world.

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