This drama by filmmaker Josephine Mackerras won two awards at the SXSW 2019 film festival.
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SXSW Review: ‘Blindspotting’ Starring Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal
"Blindspotting" is an homage to Oakland, its vital neighborhoods, and street lifestyles. On the other hand, the storyline echoes warnings about race, class and social inequality that characterize yet move beyond Oakland, California.
Read More »SXSW Film World Premiere: ‘Weed the People’ Abby Epstein, Ricki Lake
Opioids jeopardize the immune system and addict the patient. Cannabis alleviates pain and inflammation and promotes healing. Why can't citizens choose life and healing with a nontoxic herbal over chemical toxins which addict the user and destroy the liver and kidneys? This becomes one of the film's main themes. The desperate parents profiled in it chose life for their children. Cannabis oil was there for them. What if it wasn't?
Read More »SXSW Movie Review: ‘A Vigilante’ Starring Olivia Wilde
Premiering at SXSW, A Vigilante directed, written by Sarah Daggar-Nickson, and starring Olivia Wilde, highlights the plight of an abused wife who seeks freedom from her abuser. During the arc of the film as a vigilante, the protagonist gradually empowers herself. Working through her rage she evolves and learns why she …
Read More »SXSW Documentary Review: ‘Generation Wealth’ by Lauren Greenfield
Until the 'bust' of the boom-and-bust cycle, pleasure seekers are blind to their condition. They don't recognize that their material lasciviousness bleeds the soul and psyche. With guided, well-crafted commentary Greenfield describes how the materialism that consumerism perpetuates insidiously destroys.
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