A River Changes Course

MUST SEE: Kalyanee Mam's A River Changes Course (Cambodia, 2012) - "A River Changes Course" offers an impressionistic portrait of life among three rural Cambodian families over a two-year timespan. Pollution, clear-cutting and other typical developing-nation woes are making their livelihoods more difficult, though those causes aren't spelled out here, and that lack of contextualizing makes this verite feature best viewed by those already familiar with the country's recent history and politics. Still, Kalyanee Mam's graceful docu should get plenty of fest travel and lure select broadcast sales. 2013SUN. RATING: 8