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So far Karen Alexander has created 5 blog entries.

    When I Walk

    Directed by Jason DaSilva
    Edited, Written & Produced by DaSilva & Alice Cook
    Released by Long Shot Factory
    USA. 85 min. Not rated
    After falling down and needing help to get up during a family vacation, Jason DaSilva’s new reality finally hits home a few months later after his diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). All too soon, […]

    By |October 24th, 2013|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

      Blood Brother

      Directed & Edited by Steve Hoover
      Produced by Danny Yourd
      Released by Blood Brother LLC/Tugg Inc.
      USA. 93 min. Not rated
      Director Steve Hoover takes his camera and follows his best friend, Rocky Braat, on an adventure that many would never choose. While spending time in Chennai, India, on vacation, Rocky visited an orphanage, home for children and women […]

      By |October 18th, 2013|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

        I Declare War

        Directed by Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson
        Produced by Lewin Webb
        Written by Jason Lapeyre
        Released by Drafthouse Films
        Canada. 93 min. Not rated
        With Siam Yu, Gage Monroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munro, Alex Cardillo, Dyson Fyke, Spencer, Andy Reid, Kolton Stewart, Richard Nguyen, Eric Hanson, Alex Wall
        Mixed with the themes of Stand by Me and the rules […]

        By |August 13th, 2013|Canada, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Teen|0 Comments

          Moon Man

          Written, Produced & Directed by Stephan Schesch, based on the picture book by Tomi Ungerer
          Released by Tribeca Film
          France/German/Ireland. 96 min. Not rated
          More than four decades after the 1966 publication of Moon Man, a children’s tale by author/illustrator Tomi Ungerer, Stephan Schesch brings this simple story to life through animation. Maintaining the simplicity of the moralistic […]

            You Don’t Need Feet to Dance

            Directed by Alan Govenar
            Produced by Documentary Arts
            Released by First Run Features
            USA. 88 min. Not rated
            While some will find the message in this documentary to be overplayed, most will find it inspiring. Sidiki Conde, unable to use his legs after having polio at the age of 14, doesn’t miss out on life. At the age of […]

            By |April 15th, 2013|Documentary|0 Comments