“I had been searching for my Uncle Howard’s first film…” IFC has debuted a trailer for a doc called Uncle Howard, which has played at many film festivals all over the world including Sundance, Berlinale and the New York Film Festival most recently. Uncle Howard is made by Aaron Brookner, the nephew of American director Howard Brookner, a little-known but well-regarded filmmaker who died of AIDS in the late 80s. In the film, Aaron goes on a journey to “discover his uncle’s films and the legacy” – meeting people like Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo along the way. It’s a very fascinating, very personal doc but should be inspiring to other filmmakers. It’s not my favorite doc I’ve seen this year, but it’s one of the better ones. Take a look. ›››
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