HIGHLIGHTS: October 2022 LA Documentary Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: OUR VOICE NOW
Best Short Form Short Film: REFUGIO
Best Long Form Short Film: NEVER ASK WHY
Best Environmental Film: ISLE OF RUM
Best Sports Film: BLEED FOR ME: ART OF THE DEATHMATCH
Best Political Film: GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY: THE BANKRUPTCY OF DETROIT
Best Sound & Music: TO SPEAK IS TO LIVE – FREED FROM STUTTERING
Best Cinematography: MAN FIRE CLAY
Best Human Interest Film: IN BLOOM
Best Direction: THE END OF BLINDNESS

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY: THE BANKRUPTCY OF DETROIT

Directed by Sam Katz, James McGovern
Once heralded as the spirit of American manufacturing, music and democracy, Detroit descended into disrepair and insolvency over five decades culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013. Gradually, Then Suddenly is the story of one city’s climb…