In my corner of the filmmaking world, mostly filled with arty narratives, documentaries, and animation, Viktor Kossakovsky (Aquarela) is a big deal. He’s been winning awards since the early ‘90s for edgy
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An individual’s effort to make the world a better place can often feel like a drop in the ocean. Not in this case. Hell or Clean Water reminds audiences that one drop
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Part 1: The Creative Development of Wild Pacific Rescue By Andrew Munger As White Pine Pictures’ Director of Unscripted Development, my primary responsibility is to create, develop and pitch new documentary and
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Reviews of Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, Bring Your Own Brigade, Faya Dayi, and Playing with Sharks from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
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“My intent has always been to inspire, provide a platform for, and elevate the voices of young people. I think they bring the moral authority to the story and to the future
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"You can’t afford to not have hope. The one thing you can do when you think about what’s happening to trees, is to plant a tree."
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"You don’t need an exotic and a wild landscape like a sinkhole in the Yucatán Peninsula to find the wonders and recesses of the human soul." - Werner Herzog
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