By shael stolberg on May 1, 2013
beatlemania, documentary film, documentary film festival, freda kelly, good ol' freda, hot docs, ryan white, sxsw, the beatles
Capsule Reviews, Festival Spotlights, Hot Docs 13, Spotlight Reviews
by allan tong for FILMbutton Freda Kelly had a job in the sixties that millions of girls around the world would have killed for: she ran The Beatles’ fan club. A fan, but not a fanatic, Kelly was just 17 when she landed the coveted job right before The Fab Four launched into super stardom […]
By shael stolberg on April 25, 2013
Capsule Reviews, Festival Spotlights, Hot Docs 13, Spotlight Reviews
by Lisa Santonato for FILMbutton 15 Reasons to Live is the most recent film by Toronto-based documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig, best known for his Genie-award winning documentary, A Hard Name. Based on Ray Robertson’s book entitled, Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live, the film is a collection of personal stories inspired by Robertson’s reasons including […]
