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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