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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018

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Putin's Witnesses Putin's Witnesses
Putin's Witnesses and Island Of The Hungry Ghosts
Anote's Ark (Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Matthieu Rytz)
A documentary looking at the impact of climate change on the island nation of Kiribati.
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Bixa Travesty (Country: Brazil; Year: 2018; Director: Kiko Goifman, Claudia Priscilla; Writer: Claudia Priscilla, Linn da Quebrada; Stars: Linn da Quebrada, Jup do Bairro, Liniker)
A documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo.
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Carmine Street Guitars (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ron Mann; Writer: Len Blum; Stars: Rick Kelly, Jim Jarmusch, Charlie Sexton, Eszter Balint, Dave Hill, Jamie Hince, Kirk (The Roots) Douglas, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Lenny Kaye, Cindy Hulej, Eleanor Friedberger, Stewart Hurwood, Christine Bougie, Travis Good)
A shop resisting gentrification.
Full Review See: Cindy Hulej ‪in conversation on‬ Carmine Street Guitars and her connections to Jim Jarmusch
, Rick Kelly ‪in conversation on‬ Carmine Street Guitars
Chef Flynn (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Cameron Yates; Stars: Flynn McGarry, Meg McGarry, Paris McGarry)
A documentary following a talented child chef who is determined to make it to the top of his chosen profession.
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The Greenaway Alphabet (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2017; Director: Saskia Boddeke)
A candid look at the cinema, artistic point of view, relationships and family life of innovative director Peter Greenaway.
When Lambs Become Lions When Lambs Become Lions
When Lambs Become Lions and Carmine Street Guitars
Island Of The Hungry Ghosts (Country: UK, Australia; Year: 2018; Director: Gabrielle Brady; Writer: Gabrielle Brady)
Documentary looking at the impact of an asylum seeker detention centre on Christmas Island.
Full Review See: Gabrielle Brady on documentary Island Of The Hungry Ghosts
Kailash (The Price Of Free) (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Derek Doneen)
Portrait of Kailash Satyarthi, who has made it his life's work to end child slavery and exploitation.
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Putin's Witnesses (Svideteli Putina) (Country: Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic; Year: 2018; Director: Vitaly Mansky)
Considering the Russian president's time in power.
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The Trial (Process) (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2018; Director: Sergei Loznitsa)
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When Lambs Become Lions (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jon Kasbe)
In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.
Full Review
Anote's Ark Anote's Ark
Anote's Ark and Kailash
Wild Heart (Country: Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Charly Hübner, Sebastian Schulz)
A documentary about the band Feine Sahne Fischfilet whose singer Jan “Monchi” Gorkow has become an unlikely force against racism and anti-Semitism
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