Clean Hands, a riveting documentary by director Michael Dominic, takes a close look into the lives of a poverty-stricken family from Central America as they are moved from a one-room shack to a farmhouse. Will the nurturing help from a philanthropist help them to thrive, or will the habits of their former lifestyle hold them back?
I first saw Clean Hands at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in May, where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best International Documentary, and it blew me away. Since then, the film has been traveling around the world through the festival circuit and has won several awards, including Best Documentary at HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival. Dominic shows respect for his subjects while still keeping distant so that his presence interferes as little as possible with their everyday life, which is just one of the reasons why this film is so compelling.
I first saw Clean Hands at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in May, where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best International Documentary, and it blew me away. Since then, the film has been traveling around the world through the festival circuit and has won several awards, including Best Documentary at HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival. Dominic shows respect for his subjects while still keeping distant so that his presence interferes as little as possible with their everyday life, which is just one of the reasons why this film is so compelling.
- 8/30/2019
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Dominic's new documentary Clean Hands will screen at the Cinequest Film Festival this weekend. ScreenAnarchy has a clip to share with you today. While we do have our share of fun here at ScreenAnarchy none of us are ignorant of the plight of many in this world. While Clean Hands does not neccessarily fit within our mandate it is still important to remain mindful of others in less fortunate circumstances. In the clip the Lopez children rummage through the remains of unused fish dumped by the fish truck. Shot over the course of seven years (2011-2018) in Nicaragua, Clean Hands is a feature-length documentary which tells the remarkable, riveting story of the Lopez family surviving against the backdrop of Central America’s largest...
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- 3/6/2019
- Screen Anarchy
In what could be a big blow to independent filmmakers, Amazon Video Direct will change the way the company compensates filmmakers who use the service to make their shows and movies available for streaming on Amazon Prime. The revenue-sharing program currently pays content owners $0.15 for every hour their content is streamed domestically in the U.S., and $0.06 for every hour it is streamed internationally. Starting March 1, royalty rates will be tiered based on the total number of streaming hours per year.
Rates will only reach $0.15/hour in the U.S. after a movie or TV episode streams for 500,000 hours. For the first 100,000 hours, the rate drops 60 percent to $0.06/hour. Between 100,000 and 500,000 streaming hours, the rates are $0.10/hour (a 33 percent drop). After a million hours are streamed, or at the end of a 365-day cycle, the streamed hours reset to zero and earnings begin again at the lowest tier of $0.06.
To the content providers’ benefit,...
Rates will only reach $0.15/hour in the U.S. after a movie or TV episode streams for 500,000 hours. For the first 100,000 hours, the rate drops 60 percent to $0.06/hour. Between 100,000 and 500,000 streaming hours, the rates are $0.10/hour (a 33 percent drop). After a million hours are streamed, or at the end of a 365-day cycle, the streamed hours reset to zero and earnings begin again at the lowest tier of $0.06.
To the content providers’ benefit,...
- 2/7/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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