Awards: <br>Best New Documentary Filmmaker, Tribeca Film Festival; Douglas Hickox Award, British Independent Film Awards; The Sutherland Award for Best British Newcomer, London International Film Festival.
Critics say: <br>The Arbor is a factual documentary that uses fictional techniques to retell a sad truth: The cycle of poverty and violence and addiction is vicious and near impossible to escape. <br>—Rick Groen, Globe and Mail