Shirkers
First screened in December 2018
Director: Sandi Tan. Documentary about the production, theft, and recovery of Singapore's first all-girl punk-underground movie. Screenplay: Sandi Tan.

Twitter Capsule: A good-yarn documentary that is also visually, sonically, and rhythmically memorable. Announces new themes as it unfolds.

VOR:   A good doc about a film and its peculiar fates. An even better one about young women, ambition, and complicated relations (including formal ones).



Photo © 2018 Netflix/Doc Society/Cinereach

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


Awards:
Sundance Film Festival: Best Director (World Cinema; Documentary)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film

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