The documentaries transcend a divide where both ends of the borders overlap each other

It made cinephiles feel like the most coddled, loved group in all the land

A breathless, loving, intelligent, kooky ode

"Perfectly captures the often shambolic nature of these home video emporiums."

A delightful new film

Blank’s joyous films celebrated food, music, and life in communities that hitherto had been granted little notice or respect by mainstream America