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POVReviewsPOV: Soldiers of ConscienceSoldiers' moral struggles tend to remain invisible, like the situations that drive them. Soldiers of Conscience shows the dilemmas and the costs of war. [16 October 2008] POV: Up the YangtzeRespectful and riveting, Up the Yangtze reveals the complex effects of loss and fear, as well as a kind of relentless hopefulness. [8 October 2008] POV: In the FamilyJoanna Rudnick's documentary about BRAC genetic testing charts the complicated process of making decisions in her documentary, in ways alternately informative, distressing, and galvanizing. [1 October 2008] POV: Critical ConditionRoger Weisberg's documentary provides a devastating critique of the U.S. health care system by following four subjects through their daily efforts to find relief, work, or counsel. [30 September 2008] POV: Calavera HighwayCalavera Highway considers the point where it becomes impossible to distinguish between reality and myth, experience and narrative. [16 September 2008] POV: The Judge and the GeneralThe Judge and the General gives Guzmán the opportunity to reflect on his part in the process of Pinochet's regime and to define the perpetrators. [19 August 2008] POV: Belarusian WaltzIf Belarusian Waltz seems unsubtle, it also offers some surprises, most involving the women in Alexander Pushkin's life. [12 August 2008] POV: Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His MusicWith his life and career in one of their several turnarounds, Cash is here an ideal documentary subject, self-aware, passionate, and glad to take the crew along on a tour of places and people that matter to him, [5 August 2008] POV: Campaign (Senkyo)Kazuhiro Soda's excellent Campaign (Senkyo) is an "observational documentary," quiet and acute. [29 July 2008] POV: 9 Star HotelThe possibility of panicky flight hangs over Ido Haar's affecting documentary, 9 Star Hotel. [22 July 2008] POV: The Last ConquistadorMethodically and cleverly, The Last Conquistador follows the controversy surrounding El Paso's commmisioned statue of Don Juan de Oñate. [15 July 2008] POV: The Ballad of Esequiel HernándezMuch like the corrido that opens it, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández means to remember Esequiel and the circumstances of his murder. [8 July 2008] POV: Election DayMany stories are told in Election Day, Katy Chevigny's bracing, insightful documentary on what happened four years ago. [1 July 2008] POV: Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep NorthTraces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North wades into U.S. legacies of race and racism with a mixture of good will, nerve, and occasional naïveté. [24 June 2008] |
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