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Alma
Anthology Film Archives / Life Size Releasing
FILM:
MPAA RATING: Not rated
Starring
Alma Thorpe,
James Thorpe,
Margie Thorpe,
and
RuPaul
Ruth Leitman's 1998 documentary examines the bond between Margie Thorpe and her eccentric mother Alma, both of whom live in the same Alabama town. Their complicated relationship includes a history of alcoholism, mental illness, and sexual abuse.
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Ruth Leitman
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: September 22, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
94 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Enthralling, darkly funny, horrifying and hopeful.

70
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
As fragmented and unresolved as the experiences of mother and daughter, Alma bears witness to a situation for which there are no easy answers.

50
Austin Chronicle
Jerry Johnson
It's an exploration by the audience, the filmmakers, and the subjects themselves of a kind you've never quite seen in a documentary before.

50
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The documentary equivalent of a Southern Gothic novel.

50
Chicago Reader
Ted Shen
In the manner of a southern gothic, they never fail to fascinate.

20
The New York Times
Lawrence Van Gelder
Begins to seem not so much an examination but an exploitation.


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