"Engrossing and poignant. Makes a fresh, credible impression"
- Dennis Harvey, Variety. Read review here
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"Elegant
and touching... Using gorgeous location
photography in tandem with an evocative soundtrack, Dietrich gives
the film a lyrical quality, as we drift in and out of Jenny' dreams."
- Benjamin Spacek, Las Vegas Weekly. Read review here
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"Tie a Yellow Ribbon is entirely worth
seeing. Forthright and poetic in her
approach, Dietrich tackles difficult
issues with aplomb and has a promising
career in film ahead of her"
- Hyphen Magazine.

"A rough-around-the-edges character piece, Joy
Dietrich's Tie a Yellow Ribbon explores rich
territory -- adoptees, depression, suicide,
family abandonment -- with impressive class
and delicacy through her female characters"
- Ada Tseng, LA Asia Pacific Arts Magazine.
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"I fell in love with director Joy Dietrich's haunting
short, Surplus, so this first feature by her was top
on my list. It's worth a see"
- KQED radio station, San Francisco.
