Roger Ebert, the world’s foremost film critic, called it “wrenching but never exploitative.” Watch Story’s online videoInstructions:1. Turn on your data or WI-FI network and connect to the Internet;2. Scan the QR code.Important reminder:Your mobile phone should have an Internet access and an installed QR code reader. The New York Times praised it as “a tender reconstruction of a personal loss.” Slate said that there was more to the film’s art than just aesthetics: “There’s bearing witness. This film does that, somewhat bluntly at times, but beautifully.” In May this year, the critically lauded documentary Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine, helmed by Filipina filmmaker Michele Josue, won the 2016 Daytime Emmy Awards for the Class Special Category. Written, directed, and produced by the Los Angeles-based Josue, whose mother is from Dipolog, the film, which premiered theatrically in February, 2015, recounted the life and death of 21-year-old college student [...]
