Sentences with phrase «while social documentary»

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The fruits of their labor, a documentary film titled «Mysore Yoga Traditions» presents us with a unique, behind - the - scenes look at Ashtanga yoga, while at the same time shedding light on the worldview and social background of the yoga community in Mysore.

Of the politically and socially motivated standouts, The Social Network (d. David Fincher) and Black Venus (d. Abdellatif Kechiche) treated us to fictionalised accounts, vastly different in tone and aesthetic, of historical events (of which more below); while Post Mortem (d. Pablo Larrain) offered a fictional personal story set in the time of and impacted by the coup in Chile by Augusto Pinochet that overthrew Salvador Allende; and Inside Job (d. Charles Ferguson) blazed across the screen, a searing must - see documentary indictment of the men and institutions that caused the international financial crash of 2009 (again, more below).

«While it has an activist purpose in common with many social issue documentaries of its ilk, VIRUNGA stands out by constantly folding its unsettling content into an intimate drama that doesn't take the high risk scenario for granted.

Composer J. Ralph has cut an interesting path for himself, working simultaneously as an artist and social activist while writing and producing the music for seven of the Oscar - winning or nominated documentaries over the past eight years.

While it has an activist purpose in common with many social issue documentaries of its ilk, «Virunga» stands out by constantly folding its unsettling content into an intimate drama that doesn't take the high risk scenario for granted.

While the pictures on view fall into a more conventional category of portraiture, carefully constructed images of sitters who pose and allow themselves to be choreographed and photographed over time, Opie's portraits arguably extend social documentary into the present moment.

How you pit one against the other is anyone's guess, but van der Molen's formally beautiful nocturnal landscapes are quiet and haunting, while Lixenberg's epic project from the troubled Watts district of Los Angeles is social documentary on a grand and moving scale.