Director Alma Ha’rel
Rated CTC
Score 3/6

Using an atmospheric blend of follow-along footage, artful camerawork, and scenes depicting the past, present, and future of her subjects, Alma Har’el follows three complicated, real-life relationships as they unfold in distinct corners of the country. Alaskans Blake and Joel pursue a promising romance, in spite of physical limitations and her stripping career. In Hawaii, free spirit Coconut Willie discovers another side of true love after realizing his son is not biologically his own. And singer/songwriter Victory philosophizes on faith and faithfulness as she and her siblings perform in the streets of New York City accompanied by their father John, who was abruptly separated from his wife.

Okay of the documentaries that I have watched recently I would have to say that this is probably the least thought provoking one that I have watched, though for the record Lovetrue is still watchable. I am completely unfamiliar with director Alma Ha’rel’s work and I’m not that impressed by her work. Though I did like the opening sequence it immediately reminded me of the opening from Terrence Malick’s 1998 movie The Thin Red Line.
Apparently Ha’rel has a talent for bending the documentary genre, in Lovetrue this was done with scenes from the past, future and an inner-turmoil moment for one of subjects. She should not have done that. As a genre, Documentary is probably one of the more rigid genres that you are going to come across in filmmaking. You can get away with reconstruction of past events but that’s about it, if you try to push the bounds of the documentary to much you leave the genre behind completely and run the risk of crossing the line into the realms of performance arts piece. Lovetrue seriously flirted with doing.