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Silverdocs Winners!
Alas, aside from a few re-screenings tonight, 2009's AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs festival is over. We laughed, we cried, we ate green goblin food. And now we wait for the best selections to get commercial releases and, if history repeats, some Oscar love.
Until then, here's a list of fest winners:
Tonight at Silverdocs: Ella Es El Matador, Winnebago Man, Voices from El-Sayed, and More
Mmm...South Australian salt flats....
As ever, be sure to refer to our comprehensive, super-sweet, blah blah &c. guide to Silverdocs for all your documentary needs!
Opening tonight:
Act of God, in which people who've been struck by lightning proffer "anecdotes [that] may have you zoning out between crashes of thunder," Tricia Olszewski reports.
Intangible Asset No. 82, about a quest to find South Korea's greatest drummer. Justin Moyer calls it "a testament to the power of music and mysticism." Harrumph!
Ella Es El Matador, a film about female matadors that centers on the charsimatic Maripaz Vega. Sarah Godfrey says: "It’s impossible not to immerse yourself in the action."
Ma Bar, about 73-year-old Scottish power-lifter Bill McFayden. According to Justin Moyer, it "packs the primal emotional punch of a feature film."
