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Rustic Oracle (one of our favourite films of 2020) is now on Prime in all 'English-language territories'; the doc The Other Side of Everything about the legacy of communist Yugoslavia is now on OVID; Acasa, My Home is now streaming; and Peterloo is back on All4 UK (+ streaming many other places!).
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One of the best films of 2020 is now streaming in UK,US, and Ireland, plus on iTunes/Vimeo/VOD worldwide. It's an Indigenous story about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and a mother and daughter grieving a loss.
Here's an excerpt from my intro to my interview with writer-director Sonia Boileau:
One of several works of creative nonfiction streaming on OVID this month as part of their special series on documentary.
Here's an excerpt from the intro to Elena Lazic's interview with the director:
One of the best docs of 2020 is now streaming.
Here's an excerpt from Lindsay Pugh's review:
We loved Peterloo so much we wrote a whole book about how it was made by interviewing Mike Leigh and all of his collaborators.
Here's an excerpt from my essay on the film which appears in the book:
Purchase your copy of the ebook Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh collaboration here.
Best,
Alex Heeney, Editor-in-Chief
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Seventh Row is a nonprofit Canadian film criticism publication and publishing house. We're dedicated to helping you expand your horizons by curating the best socially progressive films from around the world and helping you think deeply about them. This newsletter is run by Seventh Row (http://seventh-row.com) but features exclusive content not found on the website.
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