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Rob Aldam

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Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: My Name Is Andrea

  • June 25, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
The #MeToo movement highlighted a horrendous truth that many women already knew. However, this public wave of anger created an environment where people felt able to speak out for the…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The New Greatness Case

  • June 25, 2022
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The war in Ukraine has once against shone a light of the oppressive and authoritarian regime in Russia. While Putin might allow a few people to vote for someone else…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Alis

  • June 25, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
While Columbia has some of the more progressive women’s rights legislation in South America, that doesn’t mean to say that being a girl or woman in the country is easy.…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Beneath the Surface

  • June 25, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
The Sámi are indigenous to the region formerly known as Lapland (Sápmi) which covers northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Murmansk Oblast. Like all aboriginal groups, they’ve been…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Mountains and Heaven in Between

  • June 25, 2022
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While Ukraine is a country with a lot of history, it has come a long way since the collapse of the USSR at the beginning of the 1990s. Before Putin…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: A Bunch of Amateurs

  • June 24, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
Filmmaking clubs used to be very popular in most European countries, including the UK. Most cities had one. Made up of enthusiastic amateurs brought together by a shared passion, these…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Electric Malady

  • June 24, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
It might not be a condition you’ve heard of, and arguments still rage across the medical community about whether it is actually an illness in its own right, but electrosensitivity…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Eat Your Catfish

  • June 24, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), aka Motor Neuron Disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a terrible neurodegenerative condition which eventually leads to the loss of muscle control. There is no…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Business of Birth Control

  • June 23, 2022
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When the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), or birth control pill, was made available for contraceptive purposes at the start of the 1960s it triggered a sexual revolution for women.…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Happy Worker

  • June 23, 2022
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Monday morning is a traumatic experience for millions of office workers around the world. Unless you’re one of the very lucky people who get to work in a field you…
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