Access, access, access — be it physical, emotional, or preferably both — is the doc filmmaker's equivalent of location. And Brazilian director Petra Costa manages to get it in spades. Currently streaming on Netflix, her Oscar-nominated epic The Edge of Democracy, the third film in a personal, award-winning trilogy that began with the 2009 short Undertow Eyes, followed by her debut feature Elena three years later, is easily Costa's most ambitious to date. With fly-on-the-wall camerawork, and ...
"Watching The Battle of Chile Helped Me to Have the Courage to Trust my Intuition...": Petra Costa on Her Oscar-nominated Doc The Edge of Democracy
Filmmaker Magazine - 5 Feb 2020 23:19
Access, access, access — be it physical, emotional, or preferably both — is the doc filmmaker's equivalent of location. And Brazilian director Petra Costa manages to get it in spades. Currently streaming on Netflix, her Oscar-nominated epic The Edge of Democracy, the third film in a personal, award-winning trilogy that began with the 2009 short Undertow Eyes, followed by her debut feature Elena three years later, is easily Costa's most ambitious to date. With fly-on-the-wall camerawork, and ...
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