By Lita Robinson - August 31, 2010
Cinema Libre Studios specializes in consciousness-raising documentaries about a variety of left-leaning subjects—some of its better-known releases include “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism” (2004) and “Angels in the Dust” (2007). The studio is currently preparing to release Oliver Stone’s controversial new documentary “South of the Border” (2009) featuring Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez.
Today Cinema Libre is releasing two new documentaries on DVD: “For my wife …,” the story of Charlene Strong, an Lgbt rights activist, and “Water Wars,” a look at the ongoing water crisis in Bangladesh and its implications.
“For My Wife…” is an intensely-felt film. Barely clocking in at one hour, it packs in more sadness, outrage and redemption than you'd think possible. Ms. Strong’s story is both heartbreaking and inspiring: after her partner of nine years is killed in a freak flash flood she has to battle hospital policies (which...
Cinema Libre Studios specializes in consciousness-raising documentaries about a variety of left-leaning subjects—some of its better-known releases include “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism” (2004) and “Angels in the Dust” (2007). The studio is currently preparing to release Oliver Stone’s controversial new documentary “South of the Border” (2009) featuring Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez.
Today Cinema Libre is releasing two new documentaries on DVD: “For my wife …,” the story of Charlene Strong, an Lgbt rights activist, and “Water Wars,” a look at the ongoing water crisis in Bangladesh and its implications.
“For My Wife…” is an intensely-felt film. Barely clocking in at one hour, it packs in more sadness, outrage and redemption than you'd think possible. Ms. Strong’s story is both heartbreaking and inspiring: after her partner of nine years is killed in a freak flash flood she has to battle hospital policies (which...
- 8/30/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Toronto -- Canadian distributor Video Services Corp. is to release California-based Cinema Libre Studio's social issue documentaries up north, via an exclusive all-rights distribution deal unveiled Monday.
The first titles from Los Angeles-based Cinema Libre to be released here include Oliver Stone's "South of the Border," which chronicles the rise to power of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and the Cliff Cobb documentary "The End of Poverty?" which was released in the U.S. in the fall.
Cinema Libre is best known for releasing political docs like "Darfur Diaries," "The Beautiful Truth" and Participant Media's "Angels in the Dust."...
The first titles from Los Angeles-based Cinema Libre to be released here include Oliver Stone's "South of the Border," which chronicles the rise to power of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and the Cliff Cobb documentary "The End of Poverty?" which was released in the U.S. in the fall.
Cinema Libre is best known for releasing political docs like "Darfur Diaries," "The Beautiful Truth" and Participant Media's "Angels in the Dust."...
- 6/21/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cinema Libre Studios
NEW YORK -- The AIDS epidemic in Africa, specifically the way it affects the region's children, is the subject of Louise Hogarth's moving documentary Angels in the Dust. The film's heroine is Marion Cloete, a South African therapist who, along with her husband and two daughters, walked away from her privileged life in Johannesburg to establish a shelter for orphaned and infected South African children. Dubbed Boikarabelo, it provides a home, along with education, food and medical care, for more than 550 such victims.
The epidemic, which by some estimates will encompass 100 million infected people and 40 million orphaned children within the next few years, has many causes, including poverty, ignorance, governmental indifference and superstitions that help promote dangerous sexual practices.
Despite the inherent downbeat nature of the subject matter, the film is intensely inspiring in its depiction of Cloete's passionate caring for her village's residents and her determined and sometimes angry interactions with those who she feels are making matters worse. Although a bit unstructured and episodic, it evocatively conveys the bleakness of the situation and the hopefulness engendered by the sacrifices of those doing what they can to help.
Less effective is the film's interpolation of the story of South Africa's elephant population, now endangered thanks to the government's policy of killing off adult elephants to reduce herd sizes, thus apparently creating a population of maladjusted pachyderm orphans. Although its parallels to the main story line are obvious, it still feels like a needless digression.
NEW YORK -- The AIDS epidemic in Africa, specifically the way it affects the region's children, is the subject of Louise Hogarth's moving documentary Angels in the Dust. The film's heroine is Marion Cloete, a South African therapist who, along with her husband and two daughters, walked away from her privileged life in Johannesburg to establish a shelter for orphaned and infected South African children. Dubbed Boikarabelo, it provides a home, along with education, food and medical care, for more than 550 such victims.
The epidemic, which by some estimates will encompass 100 million infected people and 40 million orphaned children within the next few years, has many causes, including poverty, ignorance, governmental indifference and superstitions that help promote dangerous sexual practices.
Despite the inherent downbeat nature of the subject matter, the film is intensely inspiring in its depiction of Cloete's passionate caring for her village's residents and her determined and sometimes angry interactions with those who she feels are making matters worse. Although a bit unstructured and episodic, it evocatively conveys the bleakness of the situation and the hopefulness engendered by the sacrifices of those doing what they can to help.
Less effective is the film's interpolation of the story of South Africa's elephant population, now endangered thanks to the government's policy of killing off adult elephants to reduce herd sizes, thus apparently creating a population of maladjusted pachyderm orphans. Although its parallels to the main story line are obvious, it still feels like a needless digression.
- 10/5/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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