Photo: Diane Hazzard and Love Hazzard in Jennifer Dworkin's Love and Diane
Jennifer Dworkin's documentary Love and Diane follows a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter as they navigate the obstacles of joblessness, parenthood, welfare, and public housing. Though shot entirely in and around New York City, the distress cataloged in this 155-minute epic is archetypal of any human tragedy. Remarkably, Dworkin avoids taking easy pot shots at any number of government organizations that may or may not be directly irresponsible for contributing to the Hazzard family's constant grief; instead, she reveals the family's tragic legacy of pain and their relentless struggle to conquer personal demons. Among the many tragedies Diane has had to persevere: her mother's abandonment, the alcohol-related deaths of twin siblings, her brother's demise from AIDS, and her oldest son's suicide. Dworkin assembles Love and Diane with great articulation and a human compassion worthy of Frederick Wiseman. Love and Diane received its U.S. premiere at this year's New York Film Festival and is still without a distributor.
Jennifer Dworkin's documentary Love and Diane follows a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter as they navigate the obstacles of joblessness, parenthood, welfare, and public housing. Though shot entirely in and around New York City, the distress cataloged in this 155-minute epic is archetypal of any human tragedy. Remarkably, Dworkin avoids taking easy pot shots at any number of government organizations that may or may not be directly irresponsible for contributing to the Hazzard family's constant grief; instead, she reveals the family's tragic legacy of pain and their relentless struggle to conquer personal demons. Among the many tragedies Diane has had to persevere: her mother's abandonment, the alcohol-related deaths of twin siblings, her brother's demise from AIDS, and her oldest son's suicide. Dworkin assembles Love and Diane with great articulation and a human compassion worthy of Frederick Wiseman. Love and Diane received its U.S. premiere at this year's New York Film Festival and is still without a distributor.
