Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series at the IFC Center tomorrow, Tuesday, June 3: 112 WEDDINGS
Doug Block’s look at the ups and downs of married life debuted at Full Frame earlier this year. Its fest circuit includes Hot Docs and the upcoming Nantucket Film Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest, before its broadcast debut on HBO at the end of the month.
I wrote about the doc for Nantucket’s program, saying:
Director Doug Block’s previous films, 51 BIRCH STREET and THE KIDS GROW UP, explore universal themes of love, marriage, and family as revealed through his personal experiences. For the past two decades, Block has supported his filmmaking career by documenting the relationships of other couples, filming over a hundred wedding videos. While a pivotal part of their special day, he typically lost touch with these new brides and grooms as they set off for their expected happily ever after. Curious to see if reality matched their fairy tale fantasies of wedded bliss, Block revisits nine couples for a candid, humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking exploration of the joys and challenges of matrimony.
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