Docyard at the Brattle Theater showed a great film last night, 12th and Delaware, about an abortion clinic and a pro-life pregnancy care center on opposite sides of an intersection in Fort Pierce, Florida. It's a really well-crafted piece that handles a politically explosive topic with a light touch. I appreciated the way it was put together and the quiet, open approach the filmmakers (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, of Jesus Camp fame) brought to their subjects.
It was also inspiring to see that a well-done musical score can really shape the aesthetic experience of an observational film without overdramatizing it (since I too often see films where I feel the music over-reaches its role).
Heidi Ewing did a Skype Q&A after the film, which she handled with intelligence and good humor despite what she called the "mad strange" feeling of talking into your digital device to an unseen audience of 100+ people.