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gave the film a positive review, writing that director Olshefski and editor Utz "beautifully out a film that feels at once narratively firm and organically shaped from over 300 hours of footage across the years". Brian Tallerico, writing for
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follows the Rainey family over the span of eight years. The husband and wife live in a impoverished neighborhood in North Philadelphia with their daughter, and they are trying to run a recording studio in their basement.
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uses one family's experiences to offer trenchant, wide-ranging observations about modern American life." On
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was met with positive reviews from critics during its festival screenings. Guy Lodge of
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for Outstanding Documentary and Outstanding Social Issue Documentary.
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family over eight years. The film is directed by Jonathan Olshefski.
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
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A man and a boy holding hands, stand on a street in front of a stop sign. The title "Quest" appears above them with the tagline "A Portrait of an American Family"
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
First Run Features
documentary film
Philadelphia

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Sundance Film Festival
True/False Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
PBS
POV
Variety
RogerEbert.com
review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
News and Documentary Emmy Award
"Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2017 Competition, Next Lineups"
"2017 Schedule - True/False Film Fest"
"Quest"
"Film Review: 'Quest'"
"Sundance 2017: "The Force," "Quest," "Trophy""
"Quest (2017)"
Rotten Tomatoes
Fandango Media
"Quest Reviews"
Metacritic
"Drumroll. And the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees are…"

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