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DN LFF08: South Main - Kelly Parker

It’s the time of year when I get to pretend I’m hard done by; slaving away in darkened cinemas, gorging on the finest films the Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival has to offer. The upside to my valiant sacrifice is that I’m a sharing kinda guy:

My viewing schedule this year meant that I got to see very few documentaries, but of the handful I did catch, Kelly Parker’s debut South Main - a look at three African American single mothers attempting to rebuild their lives after being evicted from their South Central apartment complex - stood out as an intimate portrait of life on the economic edge. We got together to discuss Kelly’s one woman, low budget filmmaking techniques.

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South Main
Kelly Parker
CalArts
Panasonic AG-DVX100
Frederick Wiseman
Pedro Costa

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Tags: Documentary, Feature, Interview, Kelly Parker, LFF08, London Film Festival, South Main