SISTER - Articles and Reviews

• Toronto Film Scene April 2014

  http://thetfs.ca/2014/04/22/indie-tuesdays-sister/#.U7bOv8ZxuzA

  ‘Davis and her entire crew (all women) have constructed one of the most honest documentaries I’ve ever seen.’

• Gender Focus March 2014

  http://www.gender-focus.com/2014/03/06/sister-unflinching-look-maternal-health-worldwide/

  ‘…An unflinching look at the stark and bloody reality of infant and maternal mortality.’

• Bitch Magazine Winter 2013.

• International Planned Parenthood Blog October 2013

  http://www.ippfwhr.org/en/blog/telling-story-maternal-health

  ‘Sister isn't simply a film to raise awareness; it is a film to raise women's voices and tell our stories.’

• In the Fray October 2013

  http://inthefray.org/2013/10/brutal-beauty-sister/

  ‘…Sister as beautiful as it is brutal.’

• The F-Word UK October 2013

  http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2013/10/Sister_review

  ‘…unobtrusive and thought provoking.’ '...evocative and illuminating.' ‘…an excellent film and pulls no punches.’

• Indiewire August 2013

  http://www.indiewire.com/article/heroines-of-cinema-15-female-directors-who-made-their-first-feature-after-turning-40

  ‘…a harrowing documentary.’

• SWilliam’s Blog August 2013

  http://swilliamsjd.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/sister-a-documentary-by-brenda-davis/

  ‘There is no “white knight” lamenting the conditions of poverty or universal conditions for women, rather it is a beautiful, painful and honest film, allowing the viewer to draw her or his own conclusions.’

• Policy Mic July 2013

  http://www.policymic.com/articles/54429/meet-brenda-davis-director-of-a-gut-wrenching-film-on-maternal-mortality

  ‘…breathtaking and often heartbreaking.’

• The Peak May 2013

  http://www.the-peak.ca/2013/05/doxa-reviews-part-2-sister-and-forget-me-not/

  ‘The film leaves you simultaneously devastated and inspired…’

• La Source April 2013

  http://thelasource.com/en/2013/04/22/doxa-festival-a-platform-for-social-change/

• Tadias December 2012

  http://www.tadias.com/12/16/2012/interview-with-filmmaker-brenda-davis-exploring-local-solutions-to-global-health-problems/

  ‘…shedding light on the faces behind the statistics..’

• Reuters/Trust Law Women September 2012

  http://www.trust.org/item/20130906113921-sr2d8/?source=search

• TV Bomb UK October 2012

  http://www.tvbomb.co.uk/2012/10/sister/

  ‘…stirring and raw.’