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Stray (2020)
Animal abuse at its best
I think this is one of the worst example of observational documentary. Director decide to sideline ethical questions and ignore how she became a harmful subjects for animal. I am sure if she decide to shoot something like that in US or Hong Kong she has to fill enormous of ethic forms to follow stray animals however she just went to a country in where no one cares about what she has done and how she affected a stray puppy's life. This is not a good documentary this is basically a piece about how you shouldn't abuse animals.
Canary (2018)
A stunning birdsong
When a bird scares from you, you can feel the uneasiness... the fear surround its body and sound to protect itself. This movie is all about an unrest soul which has doubt about its identity. You may watch a lot of movie about self-discovering but this is a masterpiece. I am not only talking about the script or dialogue but the way that director shows contrast is clever. The one shot technique helps to bring all the dilemma and confusion with great acting but also I love how he exposes the audience by bringing them into the scene by leading actor's great look.
This movie can explain you how a gay struggling in a racist army. However while world moves apart you can only find the creation of a new world surrounded by beautiful songs, Canary's song.
Sew the Winter to My Skin (2018)
Sew the boredom to my skin!
This movie is a combination of lazy script writing with a good art direction. After 10 minutes you can easily start to think; am I watching a soap opera or a movie? From very beginning of this movie you have to deal with eye staring contest because according to director during 50's South Africa everybody communicated through their eyes.
This contest of course is not the only problem about this movie, I understood that he wanted to use caricature characters to describe fascist white people however when you combine this with a bad sound effects, which you can freely contrast batons' sounds with cartoons, the result becomes intolerable. Also director used the oldest trick in the book which is starting movie with the ending. When you evaluate this trick with the usage of timeline during the movie, it doesn't work. Even uneducated eyes can understand events don't follow each other. There is a constant error on synchronicity.
I am sure this country has lots of good and deep stories on racial issues from especially apartheid era but this movie is not the best example to bring those stories into life.
Olegs krig (2017)
A war as seen through child's eyes
I don't know what can be the best way to explain a war or armed conflict but this documentary is a great example about how to visualize it.
This piece is basically showing us it is possible to make a film about ongoing clashes without showing any close combat, still holding all the tension, being anxious, and most importantly how does it feel to be a child while hearing bombardments all day long.
That piece is not trying to abuse your emotions through children, it is a honest piece about growing up, being family, protecting each other and dealing with fear while all those bombs are barking at your backyard.
Tanzania Transit (2018)
A Great Road Story
Leo Tolstoy once said: "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town."
This documentary is great combination of those two elements. It takes you to a journey and as an audience you also feel like a stranger in the town. Tanzania Transit is basically about a train trip but leading characters help a lot to create a frame to understand what kind a travel it is.
Travelling by bus or train give always strange feeling while passengers passing through towns or cities, like an outsider protected by glass, take a glance at unknown destinations before you arrive your main target. This documentary is great piece to give this feeling, to be a passenger, a stranger on the train. But being on the road is not the best part. The four main character are also giving a chance to understand how politics, religion or just being a lonely women affect a road trip.
However the climax point for me is where the train hit a cow on railway where all people were same against cruelty.
I love road stories and this is a great example of it. You should definitely watch if you can find a seat.