Year: 2020 Runtime: 83 Minutes Director: Scott Ressler By Tom Moore Touching on a unique side of the effects climate change has on the Arctic, “The Last Ice” delves into a voice and community greatly affected by this issue that’s often not heard — that of the Inuit. The directorial debut of cinematographer Scott Ressler, “The Last Ice” adds a deeply human element to the … Continue reading Take One Action Film Festival: “The Last Ice”
Year: 2020 Runtime: 83 Minutes Directors: Femke van Velzen, Isle van Velzen By Tom Moore In “Prison for Profit,” documentarians Femke van Velzen and Isle van Velzen create a gut-wrenching exposé that centers on an investigative journalist’s findings about South Africa’s first privatized prison – where profit comes before safety. British private security firm G4S runs Mangaung prison, where journalist Ruth Hopkins investigated the treatment … Continue reading Take One Action Film Festival: “Prison For Profit”
Year: 2019Runtime: 89 minutesDirector: Han Meng By Joan Amenn The documentary “Smog Town” is yet another timely reminder that public health and politics often work at cross purposes. The film concerns itself not with COVID-19 but with widespread air pollution and how it impacts the lives of the people surrounding the capitol of China, Beijing. Climate change and the ravages of pollution have been described … Continue reading Take One Action Film Festival: “Smog Town”
Year: 2019Runtime: 84 minutesDirector: Elegance Bratton By Joan Amenn To fully appreciate “Pier Kids,” it helps to know some of the history of lower Manhattan in New York City. Chelsea Pier is walking distance from Christopher Street, where the Gay Rights Movement of the 1970’s took place. Also located there is the Stonewall Inn, the site of the June 1969 riots, hence why Gay Pride … Continue reading Take One Action Film Festival: “Pier Kids”
In Their Own League 