2001 DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival
Benjamin Smoke
$21.95 | 80 minutes
Jury Award
The melancholy and uplifting life story of Robert Dickerson AKA Benjamin Smoke is luminously filmed in this compelling documentary. Smoke, a haggard southern drag queen singer, with a punk appearance, the voice of Tom Waits and the spirit of a philosopher tells his life to the camera through off-hand comments, crackpot&hellip…
ABC Africa
$21.95 | 84 minutes
Originally intended as a documentary about the orphans of Uganda's destructive civil war, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY) expanded the scope of ABC AFRICA to include those stricken by Africa's massive AIDS epidemic and the people who work tirelessly to improve the conditions of their country. His impressionistic travelogue&hellip&hellip…