A Man in a Room: Joe Bini’s Burden of Other People’s Dreams
Burden of Other People's Dreams When the premise or form of a documentary film is difficult to explain, one is often hit with phrases like “Trust me” or “You just have to see it.” This has been an eventful year for such works, from Julian Castronovo’s byzantine Debut to the final stretch of Caveh Zahedi’s long-running The Show About the Show. Often falling between the cracks of the documentary world, these are not simple projects to describe, but in London they have a welcoming home at the Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend. The festival describes itself as a home for unconventional nonfiction—everything that the genre can […]