Yes, folks, it’s that time of year when a transit blogger burrows into dark theatres to watch documentaries for eleven days. Our regular programming will resume in due course.
This year’s hotdocs has 199 films and the most dedicated won’t see even half of them. Me? I manage two or three a day with the odd foray to other events such as concerts and even the occasional political/transit meeting. Hard to break old habits.
This post covers days 1-3 of hotdocs and includes reviews of:
- POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold ***
- A Hard Name ***
- How to Make a Book with Steidl **½
- That’s Life ***
- Our Persian Rug ***
- Mighty Jerome ***½
- Battle for Brooklyn ****
- The National Parks Project *½
Steve Munro 