I'm going to do a rundown of some other stuff that played, but I wanted to hit on a couple hot bits of news regarding a couple favorites that played up in Silver Spring. Soul Power, which I reviewed back at SXSW, won a Special Jury Award over the weekend at SilverDocs. Sony Pictures Classics will open it limited this July. It's the spiritual sibling of When We Were Kings, covering the Zaire 74 music festival that went on concurrent to the Rumble in the Jungle. As I said in March, it features my favorite Bill Withers performance put to film.

Another success story is audience favorite Best Worst Movie, which I reviewed here. Frankly, everyone loves this once they've seen it. SilverDocs had to add an extra show because it turned out so popular. The team behind BWM deserves a medal for making it the can't miss event of the festival circuit thanks to all the blood, sweat, and green slime they've put into promoting it. When critics are asked by friends what's hot at a given festival, Best Worst Movie is at the top of everyone's list. It also won an Audience Award Honorable Mention this weekend. More tomorrow.