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City of the Sun (2017)

★★ — City of the Sun (2017)

Rati Oneli's debut feature, co-directed with Tamara Dressen, is a documentary portrait of Chiatura, a mining town in western Georgia that once supplied up to half of the world's manganese but has been in slow, visible decline since the Soviet collapse. Oneli, a Georgian-American filmmaker who had previously worked in shorter documentary forms, shot the film over several years, building quiet observational relationships with a handful of remaining residents. The production carried backing from an unusually international spread of funders, including Qatari and Dutch co-production partners alongside American support, reflecting the growing appetite for international art-house documentary during the 2010s. The film premiered at Tribeca in 2017, where it won the Best Documentary Feature prize.

A-Z World Movie Tour Georgia This is a beautifully shot documentary set in a small Georgian town from the perspective of a few individuals. It's very minimalistic so don't prepare to learn anything. It's extremely artistic in nature and that's it's only plus side really. The shots are incredible. It does get boring rather fast tho as it's just visual. Some of the shots of the man pulling apart a building are terrifying considering he's not using a harness. Its so dangerous.

Rating: ★★ | Year: 2017 | Watched: 2025-06-22

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Stream: Netflix · True Story · DocAlliance Films · Netflix Standard with Ads
Physical: Amazon UK

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