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Another Planet

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A young woman of African heritage, Cassandra Jones (Sandy Daley) grows restless at home in Toronto with her criminally inclined brother, Patrick (Kevin White), and her lottery-playing mother, Mary (Marcia Brown), and departs to work on a farm in Quebec. Attempting to adjust to her rural surroundings, Cassandra becomes intrigued by her new coworker, Abdoulaye (Tiemoko Simaga), a man who has relocated from Mali, and struggles to deal with cultures different from her familiar urban environment.

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Audience Member 3. Another Planet Wed Jan 14, 2009 Starz #12 7pm B 85 :fresh: This doc was good, not great. Surprising, since it won the 2008 Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary at the Denver Film Fest. I saw 11 docs at DFF 2008 and I think every one of them was better than Another Planet. I even saw a documentary called Megalopolis, which was super similar to Another Planet, but far superior. I think what dragged this down was one of the main elements that probably was intended to set this documentary apart, and that was the stories of the 7 different children living in oppressive and poverty stricken conditions around the world. Their narratives only touched the surface and made the film muddy and unfocused. I wanted to care about the stories of these children, but I wasn't given enough information before the film moved on to it's main "Koyaanisqatsi derived" focus. If you run across this and have an interest, check it out. Otherwise, be on the lookout for Megalopolis. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A young woman of African heritage, Cassandra Jones (Sandy Daley) grows restless at home in Toronto with her criminally inclined brother, Patrick (Kevin White), and her lottery-playing mother, Mary (Marcia Brown), and departs to work on a farm in Quebec. Attempting to adjust to her rural surroundings, Cassandra becomes intrigued by her new coworker, Abdoulaye (Tiemoko Simaga), a man who has relocated from Mali, and struggles to deal with cultures different from her familiar urban environment.
Director
Christene Browne
Producer
Christene Browne
Screenwriter
Christene Browne
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
May 27, 2003
Runtime
1h 33m