cg news
AUGUST 2010
The Betrayal wins the Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction Filmmaking.
-----JULY 2010
EMRO reviews The Beekeepers: "Highly recommended."
-----EMRO reviews The English Surgeon: "Exceedingly well done... Highly recommended for library collections supporting the health sciences, particularly those supporting medical and nursing programs."
-----The Betrayal receives an Emmy nomination for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking. Fixer is nominated for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.
-----Anthropology Review Database reviews The Fall of Womenland: "Would have a mind-expanding effect on academic and popular audiences alike, and is a valuable contribution to the unfolding history of this group and its unique social and sexual attitudes and institutions."
-----EMRO reviews Two Sprits: "Does an excellent job of presenting information about the two spirit belief and the need for understanding, awareness and preservation of the tradition."
-----Video Librarian reviews Wade in the Water, Children: "The raw images and observations captured here are often profound, speaking to a remarkable resilience on the part of the children, even in the face of extraordinary squalor and decay."
-----Anthropology Reviews Database reviews The Hillside Crowd: "The film is refreshing and valuable... offers a significant contribution to this scholarship."
-----EMRO reviews Twelve Canoes: "Highly recommended. Beautifully conceived and produced... An informative, educational, and thought-provoking gateway to a story and a people too few know."
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JUNE 2010
Booklist reviews October Country: "This winning documentary is a surefire discussion starter."
-----EMRO reviews Sweetgrass: "highly recommended. Would be a great tool in teaching the history of the Western settlement after the Civil War."
-----EMRO reviews SprayMasters: "A rich journey through the NYC graffiti movement."
-----EMRO reviews Campesinos: "Highly recommended. A gorgeous movie."
-----Counterpoise reviews O'er The Land: "Stratman's film demands attention as a unique, remarkable examination of American culture."
-----Counterpoise reviews The Fall of Womenland: "As much a case study of cultural imperialism and ethnocentrism as it is an account of Mosuo tradition."
-----Counterpoise reviews Garbage Dreams: "Breathtaking… A beautiful film."
-----Educational Media Reviews Online reviews O'er The Land: "A highly recommended film that belongs in any library."
-----Cineaste on 17 August: "A revelation for every one of its sixty- three minutes… Cinema Guild deserves great credit for circulating it."
-----Cineaste on October Country: "A working-class family portrait filmed with artistic flair that effectively complements the earthbound subject matter."
-----MAY 2010
Cynthia Wade's 2007 Oscar-winning documentary short, Freeheld, will be coming to the big screen in a feature adaptation written by Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia) and starring Ellen Page (Juno). (LINK)
-----EMRO reviews Cody: The First Step: "The intricacies of life for a paraplegic, the medical research aspects and the intertwining of politics, medicine and the power of the individual make this film highly recommended."
-----Video Librarian reviews La Americana: "[Three and a half stars] Highly recommended. A timely documentary."
-----Video Librarian reviews Me Broni Ba: "[Three stars] An interesting and evocative film."
-----Video Librarian reviews O'er The Land: "[Three stars] Stratman meditates on the subject of freedom in the United States in carefully framed set pieces..."
APRIL 2010
MTV says Me Broni Ba (My White Baby) is "a mood piece, a meditation, a refusal to judge. It's also edgy, fresh, and fun to watch." (LINK)
MARCH 2010
The Order of Myths wins a 2010 Peabody Award! "Margaret Brown's exploration of two Mardi Gras traditions in Mobile, Ala., one white, one black, is highly original, moving and insightful." (LINK)
-----Educational Media Reviews Online says ME BRONI BA "would be of use in a women's or gender studies classroom, especially when discussing race and gender… Recommended."
-----The New York Times raves about Fixer: "A stunning documentary... As unsettling and complex as the country it traverses." (LINK)
FEBRUARY 2010
DVDTalk raves: "24 CITY arrives on DVD in grand fashion... looks absolutely fantastic from start to finish." (LINK)
-----Educational Media Reviews raves about Fixer, "Highly recommended especially for journalism and international studies audiences."
JANUARY 2010
The Beaches of Agnes wins Outstanding Achievement In Direction at the Cinema Eye awards. (LINK)
-----The Beaches of Agnes nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries. (LINK)
-----The New York Times calls Sweetgrass, "the first essential movie of this young year... Wonderful... Magnificent... A graceful and often moving meditation on a disappearing way of life." (LINK)
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Video Librarian highly recommends La Corona and Throw Down Your Heart; and calls At the Death House Door, "a genuinely moving film on a controversial subject."
-----The Beaches of Agnes wins Best Non-Fiction Film from the National Society of Film Critics.
DECEMBER 2009
Three films make it on the New York Times Best of the Year lists! Manohla Dargis selects The Beaches of Agnes and Beeswax (with 35 Shots of Rum a runner up). Stephen Holden picks 35 Shots of Rum. A.O. Scott lists 24 City and The Beaches of Agnes as runner-ups. Plus some kinds words from Manohla Dargis:
"Companies like the newly revitalized Cinema Guild (which this year distributed celebrated features from Agnes Varda, Claire Denis and Jia Zhang-ke)... continue to release tremendous work." (LINK)
-----"Companies like the newly revitalized Cinema Guild (which this year distributed celebrated features from Agnes Varda, Claire Denis and Jia Zhang-ke)... continue to release tremendous work." (LINK)
The Beaches of Agnes is #4 on Betsy Sharkey's Ten Best Films of the Year list in the LA Times. (LINK)
-----35 Shots of Rum is #7 on MSN's Ten Best list.(LINK)
-----The Beaches of Agnes is #5 on John Powers ten best list in Vogue magazine.(LINK)
-----Two films on Library Journal's Best DVDs of 2009 list: The Order of Myths and At the Death House Door
-----35 Shots of Rum named the best film of 2009 by Slant Magazine. (LINK)
-----San Francisco Chronicle runs a feature story on Claire Denis and 35 Shots of Rum. (LINK)
-----LA Film Critics name The Beaches of Agnes best documentary (in a tie with The Cove).
-----Alliance of Women Film Journalists give the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Perseverance Award to Agnes Varda.
-----The Beaches of Agnes, 24 City and Beeswax all make Richard Brody's Best of 2009 list in The New Yorker. (LINK)
-----CNN profiles the village of Shishmaref in Alaska; referring to the community of Inupiaq Eskimo's who call it home as 'climate refugees.' For more information, see our film The Last Days of Shishmaref. (LINK)
-----Amy Taubin in ArtForum names both 35 Shots of Rum and The Beaches of Agnes to her ten best film of the year list (#1 and #10, respectively).
-----Garbage Dreams wins the International Documentary Association Humanitas Award.
-----Educational Media Reviews Online highly recommends Wade in the Water Children "A searing and heartbreaking portrait of the failures of New Orleans to help its most disadvantaged citizens both pre and post Katrina."