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From this year (2020) we have moved criticism of documentaries to attached MOTHER TIMES REVIEW. Our critics write there about international documentaries (most often the political one). See also PDF of the magazine on e-editions.

An adventure of a documentary

Nina Ossavy -
activism: Once upon a Time in a Forest is a documentary packed with fine photographic details – such as small close-ups of strily lichen and old man's beard, bark and cuckoos. But also strong portraits of some very wise young forest activists in Finland – who believe that more forests must be protected.
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The impact of the NATO base on the local community

Irina Trocan -
ITALY: In this film, do we witness a nuclear family's 'high-tech' dissolution? The immersive Sicilian nature reserve is disturbed…
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On the edge of a cliff

Helle Hansen -
The renowned Norwegian still and film photographer Asgeir Helgestad has been documenting wildlife in Norway and on Svalbard for over 25 years. In his new documentary,...
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The myth of the limitless nature

Margareta Hruza -
ENVIRONMENT: Fifty years after they photographed the US consumer landscape in the Documerica project, a documentary film looks back on this work and today reflects both the environmental crises and unfulfilled promises from that time.
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Microplastics are everywhere

Nick Holdsworth -
HEALTH: The age of Homo plasticus is here. Plastic is going to kill us, unless we do something about it. Microplastics are full of dangerous chemicals – and compounds that can change our DNA and cause cancer, inflammation, tumors and dementia. Death. Few plastic materials are actually recyclable; less than ten percent is recycled today.
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Let's talk about Riefenstahl

Melita Zajc -
iDEOLOGY: Leni Riefenstahl has had a controversial legacy. She insisted that she only made art and not politics. The new film about her is based on 700 boxes with around 50 photos, hundreds of film cassettes, correspondence, calendars, sound recordings and private recordings. Today there is reason to reflect on whether her fascist ideals still resonate in our time.
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ACTIVISM / Once upon a Time in a Forest is a documentary packed with fine photographic details – such as small close-ups of strily lichen and old man's beard, bark and cuckoos. But also strong portraits of some very wise young forest activists in Finland – who believe that more forests must be protected.




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