September 20, 2003
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Love Hazzard, Diane Hazzard, Donyaeh Hazzard
Jennifer Dworkin taught photography workshops in the New York City shelter system, and that's how she eventually met the subjects of her documentary, Love and Diane. Diane Hazzard is a single mother o... read more 
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September 18, 2003
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A powerful and important film. Full Review
June 6, 2003
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Dworkin gives a compassionate face to the miasma of New York's family court-social services matrix.
June 6, 2003
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
It is a movie about the real challenge of heroism.
May 28, 2003
John Anderson, Newsday
A velvet-swaddled, iron-fisted documentary that will set standards of vérité filmmaking for years to come. Full Review
May 16, 2003
Janice Page, Boston Globe
A serious and illuminating documentary that, at two hours and 35 minutes, fully devotes itself to painting a family portrait seldom allowed such rich cinematic detail. Full Review
May 15, 2003
Loren King, Chicago Tribune
Shatters myths and stereotypes about the welfare cycle as it delivers an unforgettable portrait of complex lives still largely ignored by popular culture. Full Review
May 8, 2003
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
By the time the film ends, we have come to feel that we are practically members of the Hazzard family. The flip side is that we are also exhausted by the numbing accumulation of mundane detail, all to...
April 18, 2003
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger
Dworkin's potent documentary is a definitive distillation of life in America's black underclass. Full Review
April 18, 2003
Laura Miller, Salon.com
An intimate and finely textured portrait of several messed-up lives. Full Review
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