READ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LAST SEASON BELOW

"FILMGOERS WHO SLIP INTO THE GROOVE OF ITS MEDITATIVE WAVELENGTH WILL BE ENTHRALLED AND TOUCHED IN WAYS THAT MOST NONFICTION DOESN’T EVEN APPROACH…THE LAYERS OF VISUAL AND AURAL DETAIL INVITE THE VIEWER TO CONTEMPLATE A GEOGRAPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMPARISON THAT NO ONE SPEAKS OF DIRECTLY. THE OREGON FOREST IS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA. THE FORMER IS DEFINED BY PEACEFUL ISOLATION AND FOCUSED FORAGING FOR THE MATSUTAKE. KUOY FOUND A NEW LIFE, AND DERIVES HIS LIVELIHOOD, IN THE WOODS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE JUNGLES, HOWEVER STILL CONJURE THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES FOR ROGER AND KOUY." - MICHAEL FOX, THE MONTHLY, APRIL 2014

 “[THE LAST SEASON] HUNTS DOWN AND CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE MODERN DOCUMENTARY, SLOWLY AND SURREPTITIOUSLY SEDUCING YOU INTO THE EVER-ENLARGING STORY LANGUISHING BENEATH THE SURFACE...STARTING WITH ITS VERY TITLE, "THE LAST SEASON" HAS A MOURNFUL AIR, WHICH ONLY INCREASES AS WE DELVE INTO THE LIVES OF TWO WOUNDED WARRIORS AND WINTERS ARRIVES. BUT DOSA DOESN'T DIVE INTO THE SEPULCHRAL ENDING WE KNOW MUST COME AND THE MEN'S HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY AND EGALITARIANISM KEEP THEM STANDING AND STARING INTO THE LIGHT—AN EXCELLENT TESTAMENT TO THE BENEFITS OF BELIEVING IN THE NEW WEST. - DONIPHAN BLAIR, CINESOURCE MAGAZINE, MAY 7

“THE LAST SEASON MANAGES TO DEPICT THEIR COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EMOTIONAL GRACE THAT EXUDES FROM THE FILM ALONGSIDE ITS ETHNOGRAPHIC INTENTIONS. THE REMEDIAL EFFECTS OF NATURE AND FAMILY ARE, IN EFFECT, A BYPRODUCT OF DOSA’S PORTRAYAL OF CHEMULT’S ODD CULTURAL NICHE. THE VERY EXISTENCE OF A MAKESHIFT SHANTY TOWN IN RURAL OREGON MADE UP OF IMMIGRANT MUSHROOM HUNTERS WHO CELEBRATE A SUCCESSFUL HARVEST WITH ALCOHOL AND KHMER KARAOKE IS IN ITSELF BIZARRELY FASCINATING, BUT WITHIN, THE DIRECTOR HAS FOUND A RICHLY TEXTURED STORY OF CULTURAL COAGULATION IN WHICH MEN ARE UNITED BY VIOLENCE, GLOBAL COMMERCE, AND FINALLY, RESPECT – FOR EACH OTHER AND THE FOREST WHICH SOOTHES AND SUPPORTS THEM ALL.“ - JORDAN M. SMITH, IONCINEMA, MAY 7

“THE CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THIS FILM IS SUPERB. I WISHED IT WAS SCRATCH AND SNIFF AT ONE POINT. YOU CAN ALMOST SMELL THE MIST COMING OFF THE SCREEN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS TRAVEL UP THE HILLS.” - THIRTY FOUR FLAVORS, MAY 1

"[THE LAST SEASON ] IS A DISARMINGLY TOUCHING LOOK AT FRIENDSHIP AND ALTERNATIVE FAMILY DYNAMIC IN THIS SURPRISINGLY LOVELY, HUMOROUS, AND POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY...IT’S AN OFTEN CANDID, FUNNY, AND ANTHROPOLOGICALLY FASCINATING, BUT IT’S ALSO JUST A DAMN GOOD STORY OF TWO PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S COMING NEXT IN THEIR LIVES." - ANDREW PARKER, DORK SHELF, MAY 1

 “…MOVING, SOCIALLY RELEVANT….” - KELLY VANCE, EAST BAY EXPRESS, APRIL 23

“ELEGAIC, AND INSIGHTFUL AS TO THE TRAUMATIZING EFFECTS OF WAR ON MEN FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, I WAS QUITE TAKEN BY THIS DOCUMENTARY'S NARRATIVE GLIMPSE INTO ONE OF AMERICA'S RELATIVELY UNKNOWN SUBCULTURES. WORD-OF-MOUTH IS RAPIDLY SPREADING ON THE LAST SEASON AND DOSA IS ASSURED A ROBUST FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE” - MICHAEL GUILLEN, THE EVENING CLASS, MAY 1

“AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I FORGOT I WAS WATCHING A FILM, AND FELT MORE LIKE I WAS JUST LOOKING IN ON THIS AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE.  THAT WAS NOT AN EASY TRICK TO PULL OFF, AND I TIP MY HAT TO EVERYONE CONCERNED IN THE MAKING OF THE LAST SEASON.  IT IS A RARE AND UNUSUAL FILM EXPERIENCE WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.” - OZGUR PAMUKCU, INDIEPLEX, MAY 9

“THIS TOPIC OF IMMIGRANT LABOR AND ECONOMICS IS WHAT ORIGINALLY BROUGHT DIRECTOR SARA DOSA TO THE SUBJECT, BUT SHE FOUND A MORE POIGNANT THEME CENTERED ON FAMILY THAT MAKES THIS MOVIE MORE REWARDING.” - JOHN ANGELICO, SFGATE, APRIL 27

“DOSA MAKES THE MATSUTAKE A METAPHOR FOR THE CYCLES OF LIFE, AND HAS CREATED A LYRICAL ODE TO THE WONDERS OF LOVE AND NATURE, EVEN AMID INEVITABLE CHANGE.” - DAVID LEWIS, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, APRIL 17

"[THE LAST SEASON] IS A GREAT MIX OF DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION AND INTUITIVE FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES. SOME OF THE TWISTS IN THE FILM ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD SEEM TO COME OUT OF A NOVEL." - SFIFF PROGRAMMER SEAN UYEHARA, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, APRIL 20

“….WHAT DOSA DOES CAPTURE ON CAMERA IS A LOVING FAMILY DYNAMIC THAT BREAKS ETHNOLOGICAL NORMS IN THE MOST HEART-WARMING WAY. HUNTING FOR MUSHROOMS IS A FITTING METAPHOR FOR KOUY AND ROGER’S LONG JOURNEY TO FIND EACH OTHER, AND THE LAST SEASON IS AS PRECIOUS AS A BASKETFUL OF MATSUTAKES.” - BERNARD BOO, WAY TOO INDIE, APRIL 26

“I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND DOSA’S DOC.  IT’S A VERY MOVING FILM ABOUT HOW THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS CAN HEAL."  - GESILAYEFA AZORBO,WYLIE WRITES, APRIL 30

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