Good news: we’re bringing back even more feature documentaries shortlisted for the 2024 Oscars: Bobi Wine: The People’s President at the Monica Film Center and 32 Sounds in Santa Monica and Glendale.
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The riveting Bobi Wine charts the inspiring activism of the pop star-turned-politician as he seeks to end Uganda’s brutal dictatorship. Rising from the ghetto slums of Kampala to be one of the country’s most beloved superstars, Bobi begins to use his music to call out corruption, then becomes an Independent Member of Parliament to defend the rights of his people. “It’s a gripping piece of film-making: a propulsive, kinetic account of a grassroots campaign captured at what would seem to be considerable personal risk to both the subject and directors.” ~ Wendy Ide, The Guardian
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32 Sounds is immersive feature documentary and sensory film experience that explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. “The sounds are finite, yet the benefits of tuning in to the film’s wavelengths are endless. It’s the greatest documentary you’ve ever heard.” ~ David Fear, Rolling Stone
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Also, we’re continuing to screen four other fantastic documentaries from the shortlist: Saturday, Sunday and Monday you can catch Beyond Utopia, The Eternal Memory, To Kill a Tiger and A Still Small Voice in Santa Monica and Glendale. Enjoy and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
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