Press

My Secret Country

Randy Meyers, Local News Matters, Bay City News Foundation

“McKenzie's experimental feature is as imaginative in its approach and style as the worlds the kids have dreamed up. And really, who wouldn't want to hang out for a bit in Kittietopia."

Erik Piepenburg, New York Times

"McKenzie said her film was born in part by having worked at a homeless youth shelter where many children with backgrounds of abuse 'weren't able to imagine a world where they were loved.' 'Imagination,' she said, 'is way more important than we realize.'"

Diana Helmuth, Pajabi

“What could be easily cast as a whimsical love letter to childhood imagination is, in fact, defense of the very concept of play. Similar to what Krasinski is going for in IF, My Secret Country inspires us to appreciate the imaginary friends we left behind in childhood -- but swap out Ryan Reynolds for science and Cailey Fleming for actual children.”

Xiangi K., Kids First!

"I give My Secret Country 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 to 18, plus adults. I think this documentary may be more important for adults because it teaches them to respect their kids' fantasy life."

Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

Johanna Schneller, Globe and Mail

“What I see is a social media influencer before social media. A person who did whatever it took to keep us looking, especially if that meant she didn't have to look too deeply at herself."

Marya E. Gates, RogerEbert.com

"A sharp picture of the inimitably cool Doda as more than just a symbol of both exploitation and cultural change, but also as an ambitious entertainer, a caustic wit , and a melancholic enigma."

Roger Abele, Los Angeles Times

"Carol Doda Topless at the Condor is a buoyant tribute to a life of exposure. From her perch at the Condor in the lively North Beach entertainment scene, Doda's celebrity was a bridge too, to a new era of sexual liberation. The story of her rise from waitress to wowza in a turbulent era -- and all the ways her revolution excited and was exploited -- is engagingly told in the frisky, funny, archive-rich look-back.

Odie Henderson, The Boston Globe

"McKenzie and Parker raise questions about female bodily autonomy and the price of being a trendsetter."