Synopisis:  When conventional therapies fail to help their autistic son, Rupert and Kristin Isaacson travel with Rowan to Mongolia in the hopes that a combination of traditional shamanic healing and horseback riding will benefit him. Director Michel O. Scott’s documentary juxtaposes scenes of the family at home in Texas with their journey on horseback across the breathtaking Mongolian countryside in search of reindeer herders and a powerful shaman.

My Seven-Word Movie Review: “More powerful than Tyson’s punch in ’85.”

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Synopisis:  WASTE LAND follows artist Vik Muniz from his home in Brooklyn to his native Brazil to the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located in Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s objective was to paint the catadores. However, he changes course and collaboraes with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage –  revealing both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.

My Seven-Word Movie Review: ” Beauty’s in the eye of GLAD holders”

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Synopisis:  Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems–nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.

My Seven-Word Movie Review: ” Sheds light on a creative mind’s darkness.”

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