Posted by Jenna Sieker in SUNDANCE and SOCIAL ACTION
Posted by: Craig Detweiler on www.purplestateofmind.com
Sundance 2010 made a bold claim to spark a “renewed rebellion.” Their call to arms appeared just before ads for Honda and Hewlett-Packard. So it felt a little disingenuous. But the films themselves were as relevant as ever.
Documentaries offered potent and poignant portraits of injustice around the globe. We traveled cinematically to Pakistan, to Brazil, to skid row in Los Angeles. We saw compelling biographies of assassinated martyr Benazir Bhutto and fallen soldier Pat Tillman. We explored genocide in Cambodia and environmental crises in Brazil. I was invited by Halogen TV (a new network committed to socially conscious, empowering entertainment) to chronicle the most compelling calls to social action. Consider this an alternative Top 10 list.
