Film Forward: Film About a Father Who, Queen of the Capital – Slamdance 2020
…But the documentary seems to argue that due to the complexity of familial bonds, only those caught inside should get to define them.
February 27, 2020
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February 25, 2020
“Five Star Book:Year by Year — Poems by Lynne Sachs”
“She, in telling her own stories of milestones both political and personal perfectly captures the way that all of our lives interweave with larger events.”
February 23, 2020
48 Hills: “What We Saw at Sundance Pt. 2: A Sidetrip to Slamandce”
Sachs, referencing the title of Yvonne Rainer’s landmark feminist feature Film About a Woman Who (1974), practices what Rainer was preaching—and in turn has constructed one of the most powerfully pertinent documentaries of recent years.
February 18, 2020
McNally Jackson – Double Trouble in the Roaring Twenties: Valery Oisteanu and Lynne Sachs
New York poets Valery Oisteanu and Lynne Sachs make distillations, sometimes with words, sometimes with images.
February 14, 2020
Israel’s Ynet Looks Lynne Sachs’ “Film About a Father Who”
Lynne Sachs discusses her new movie “Film About a Father Who” and her 2006 film “States of UnBelonging” with Ynet.
February 14, 2020
The Pop Break: “Film About a Father Who Review: A Film as Ambiguous as Its Subject”
Knowing that Lynne has been working on this film for 26 years, it’s easy to wonder why she doesn’t come to a more definitive conclusion about who her father is or what family means for her and her siblings.
February 12, 2020
Agnès Films: Supporting Women & Feminist Filmmakers – Review by Alexandra Hidalgo
The film is generous in its portrayal of Sachs’ father and achingly vulnerable in its attempt to make sense of the wake of affection and resentment he has left behind. Sachs takes a story that could have been overly dramatic and judgmental and instead constructs a nuanced meditation on what it feels like to love someone whose actions have hurt us and others.
February 11, 2020
Women & Hollywood: “Collaboration Taught Me Different Ways of Making Films and Seeing the World” by Lynne Sachs
As women in the director’s chair or anywhere else on a set, we should celebrate the bonds we build together behind the camera.
February 10, 2020
Go Indie Now: Slamdance 2020
Documentaries are often that idea that what you see is not what you will get in the end and in a way because of the brave way in which Lynne chooses to put herself out there, comfortable or not, we really see a 4th wall crash that presents such a compelling and shocking result.
February 9, 2020
This Week in New York – Doc Fortnight: Film About a Father Who
There are numerous shots of family members filming other relatives; at one point, Lynne is filming Ira Jr. filming Ira Sr. while watching home movies on the television.
