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Environmental Films: January 2009

ROOFTOP FILMS @ SUNDANCE: O'ER THE LAND (REVIEW)

By Rooftop Films on 01/19/2009
Filed under: Documentary, Environmental Films, Rooftop News

Deborah Stratman's film O'er the Land is not likely to get a multi-million dollar deal out of Sundance. There is no hot-button issue, no unbelievable scenario, no celebrities, crazy characters, or even much dialogue at all. But to me, this is the type of film I'm most pleased to see at Sundance, the type of film that keeps festivals vital. Stratman's experimental documentary explores America's relationship to nature, technology and violence in a way that is smart, poetic and darkly humorous. At the start of the film, man drifts fleetingly through the landscape. A static shot of the woods... MORE »

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