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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review – Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

If the past decade has taught us anything it’s that racism is alive and well and thriving in America. The death of George Floyd might be the tipping point to…

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IFFR Review: Poupelle of Chimney Town

Whilst those of us in the West were brought up on a diet of Disney (and for younger generations, Pixar and Dreamworks), the experience was very different to that in…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: My Dear Spies

Now that many records have been digitised and access may only be a few clicks (and a few more pounds) away, more and more people have begun to research their…

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Sheff Doc/Fest Review: Who We Were

On Earth at least, human beings are the only sentient lifeforms who spend a large proportion of their lives thinking about the bigger picture. Contemplating those pressing questions around life…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Lift Like A Girl

One of the ways in which many societies has changed over the last few decades is in the relationship between women/girls and traditionally macho sports. Whilst there was an initial…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Splinters

Memories are precarious things. They can be elusive and fragmentary, especially when up against the sands of time. Our minds are tricksters, constantly finding new and imaginative ways to pull…

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IFFR Review: Homeless

The ‘developed world’ is in the middle of a housing crisis. With populations on the rise, increasing migration and jobs becoming increasingly centralised in large cities, the pressure on available…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Charm Circle

As the sayings go, blood is thicker than water and you can choose your friends but not your family. Whilst we might consider ourselves to be enlightened and evolved creatures,…

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IFFR Review: Nudo Mixteco

Mexico, in many ways, has a PR problem when it comes to portrayals of the country on the big screen. More often than not, the Latin American country features for…

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IFFR Review: Bloodsuckers

Popular culture has a habit of returning to ‘classic’ literature again and again. Whether that’s to place the characters and plot within a different timeline or re-examine the contents from…

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