I had a good day yesterday, watching 4 films :)
"The Last First: Winter K2" (
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39150288/) - a rather heavy one to start with, about an expedition up the
#mountain #K2 that goes badly wrong.
Next was "The Wind's Thirst" (
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39172060/) about some indigenous Colombians at the mercy of
#coal extraction and
#WindFarm projects redirecting river water and subjecting them to violence.
"Hell's Army" (
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39830102/) - was very interesting - about the origins of the
#WagnerGroup and their involvement in various wars.
In the Q&A afterwards, they said that some former Wagner Group members are now security on
#Russia's "Shadow Fleet" (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_shadow_fleet)
Last was "Notes From The Underground" (
https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/notes-underground) about the
#HipHop music scene in
#CapeTown and how it developed under
#apartheid up to the present day.
In their Q&A they said they spent 34 days in 2017 filming, but lost all the footage in the burglary :( After mourning for a while, they then had to go back and shoot it all again.
There were loads of other interesting-looking films I would like to watch, but I could only make the Sunday :(
There was also a
#BurningMan series on
#HBO (
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29033873) that they showed a couple of episodes from, but I was too late to get tickets. I really need to look out for that as my mate said it was good!
#FilmFestival #Documentary #Sheffield
