High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewVIFF Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/viff/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 VIFF Journal: Central Airport THF https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/viff-2018-central-airport-thf-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/viff-2018-central-airport-thf-movie-review/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:00:55 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=94092 Many documentaries have been made about the refugee situation in Europe, but few manage to provide such a boldly humanistic take as Central Airport THF. Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport was a jewel of aviation built by Adolf Hitler. Its enormous scope made a kind of air palace for the Reich. Following the war, it became the...

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