[Note: In the wake of SXSW's cancellation this year, The Hollywood Reporter is reviewing select fest entries that elected to premiere digitally.] The winner of this year's Documentary Feature award at the virtual version of SXSW, Katrine Philp's An Elephant in the Room spends time with participants in a New Jersey program called Good Grief, whose probably inadvertent invocation of Charlie Brown hints at its focus: The Morristown group is built around children who have lost parents, placing them in group therapy sessions and in more school-like settings where their struggles will be understood by peers.
An observational doc that interviews some children but not those designing their environment, the film exudes empathy, as you'd expect, but.
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