America’s striking recent populist turn against immigration in a nation built on immigrants — and the deaf ear turned to the flight from poverty and persecution in the “land of opportunity” — are ironies not lost on “Unsettled.” This latest documentary by Tom Shepard follows four new arrivals who’ve each escaped possibly mortal peril in their native countries for being gay. They’ve landed in purported “gay mecca” San Francisco, yet even there, building a new life in an adopted nation is a precarious undertaking.
As their odysseys all started well before the beginning of the Trump administration, this is not an up-to-date (let alone comprehensive) treatment of the issue’s political complexities. But it does provide engrossing studies in human interest, as well as an empathetic look at the particular struggles of U.S. immigration in the new millennium. Lgbtq fests will queue up, with specialized and general nonfiction...
As their odysseys all started well before the beginning of the Trump administration, this is not an up-to-date (let alone comprehensive) treatment of the issue’s political complexities. But it does provide engrossing studies in human interest, as well as an empathetic look at the particular struggles of U.S. immigration in the new millennium. Lgbtq fests will queue up, with specialized and general nonfiction...
- 5/4/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
With five docs having just opened this past Friday, Summer 2010 is in full effect. Among the recently opened, Aj Schnack's Convention, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at 2008 Democratic National Convention, showcases the cinematography of some of the brightest stars in the docmaking galaxy--Laura Poitras, Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, Daniel Junge and Paul Taylor among them. Another June 4th opener, Tom Shepard and Tina DeFelicination's Whiz Kids follows four high school students in their quest to win the coveted Intel Science Talent Search prize; Shepard himself was a finalist ...
- 6/7/2010
- by twhite
- International Documentary Association
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