“Judging from the rich selection at recent local cinema events such as Wicked Queer 41, the Salem Film Fest, The National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Festival, and now the IFFBoston, one might wonder if the ongoing golden age of documentary filmmaking will ever end. But such optimism could be unfounded, or so warns an article that appeared last month in The Guardian, which claims, ‘the state of a documentary market that has seen buyer interest and dollars shrink, particularly for politically sensitive or social impact films.’ As Nancy Campbell, the IFFBoston Program Director, comments, ‘In my mind documentary is often long form journalism. So it seems obvious that when the press is under attack, by extension, so is documentary filmmaking.'” – Peter Keough, The Arts Fuse
Independent Film Festival Boston runs April 23–30, with screenings April 24–29 at The Brattle.