Husband and wife team Andrea Nix and Sean Fine’s new documentary, War/Dance, is powerful for what it doesn’t show. The film is not an expose on the atrocious human-rights violations that continue to plague northern Uganda; rather it’s about finding a ray of hope amidst brutal chaos. Uganda, as depicted in the film, is a strikingly beautiful country ripped apart by violence.
Serving as first assistant director on Napoleon Dynamite (2004) certainly gave first time filmmaker Tim Skousen a template for some of the character creations and mullet-head protagonists for The Sasquatch Gang - formerly known as the Slamdance entry winner of The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang.
Steve Barron started his career directed music videos--many of which have became classics since then. His second film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, quickly became the first independent feature to break the 100-million dollar theatrical barrier in the U.S.