Movie Review: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
The United States of America is one of the greatest countries in the world…AND racism is built into the fabric of American society. Like a …
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Movie Review: Flee
Up until Flee, movies about refugees were either told from the perspective of documentarians going into places where they exist, or straight up fictionalized stories. …
Movie Review: My Name Is Pauli Murray
Rosa Parks. Thurgood Marshall. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. School integration. Diner sit ins. All of these people and actions are trademarks of the trailblazing Civil Rights …
Movie Review: The Lost Leonardo
The Salvator Mundi. I remember the news stories. A painting by the artistic genius himself, Leonardo Da Vinci. Or was it really? The Lost Leonardo …
Movie Review: Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Concert documentaries have split into two groups now: either they focus on a single performer delivering a show (J. Balvin‘s recent doc), or they’re like …
Movie Review: Summer of Soul
Woodstock. Even the name inspires all sorts of music fans and baby boomers to swoon nostalgically for all the amazing talent on display at what …
Movie Review: The Boy From Medellin
Music documentaries produced by brand managers of the musician have an upper limit on their entertainment value. Bad ones come off condescending, and even the …
Movie Review: My Octopus Teacher
Thank goodness for award hunting streaming services. Netflix has been pushing all their films to as many awards shows as possible, boosting their prestige and …
Movie Review: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Looks like Chris Smith and Netflix have found a wonderful pairing with each other, bonding over their love for zeitgeist stories of privileged people getting …
Movie Review: Collective
Most documentaries have an air of importance, simply by being attached to a real life issue or cause. In general, these documentaries inherently use storytelling …