‘Beyond Utopia’ Review: Exit Strategies
This film, directed by Madeleine Gavin, documents the experiences of defectors from North Korea.
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‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey
The experimental documentary is punctuated by Giovanni’s poetry, read both by her and the actress Taraji P. Henson. But the film offers only what the poet is willing to give.
‘After Death’ Review: Visions at the Brink From Those Who Returned
A documentary about near-death experiences crescendos with redemptions and literal come-to-Jesus moments.
‘Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club’ Review: Cinema Education
This documentary is both a look at a small, obsessive film club that formed in the early ’90s in South Korea and an origin story of the director Bong Joon Ho, who was in the group.