The Arbor
Synopsis
The fascinating and true story of troubled British playwright Andrea Dunbar, and her tumultuous relationship with her daughter.
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Awards & Festivals
Village Voice Film Poll
2011 | 2nd place: Best Documentary Feature Film
2011 | Nominee: Best First Feature
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2011 | 3rd place: Best Documentary
CPH:DOX
2012
BFI London Film Festival
2010 | 2 wins including: Best British Newcomer
Critics reviews
Dunbar’s children supply much of the The Arbor’s dialogue and uncertainty, reckoning with her legacy and, at times, each other’s stories. Mixing hyper-realism and all-too-real suffering, The Arbor is a disorienting, moving testimony to difficult, irreducible life.
Jeremy Polacek
November 23, 2016
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