Posts filed under 'documentary'
TANTURA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The tape-recorded words “erase it” take on new weight in the context of history and war. When the State of Israel was established in 1948, war broke out and hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in its aftermath. Israelis know this as the War of Independence. Palestinians call it “Al Nakba” (the Catastrophe). In the late 1990s, graduate student Teddy Katz conducted research into a large-scale massacre that had allegedly occurred in the village of Tantura in 1948. His work later came under attack and his reputation was ruined, but 140 hours of audio testimonies remain.”
12/4/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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December 4th, 2022
LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the mid-1960s, Lowndes County, Alabama had zero registered Black voters despite an 80% Black population. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary chronicles the citizens’ movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers led by Stokely Carmichael who risked their lives for Black voting rights.”
12/3/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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December 3rd, 2022
UPHEAVAL: THE JOURNEY OF MENACHEM BEGIN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Jailed in a Soviet gulag before the war and scarred by loss in the Holocaust, Menachem Begin is remembered as one of Israel’s most democratic prime ministers for defending Jewish immigration and signing an historic peace accord with Egypt.”
12/3/22- Just 4 reviews for this documentary– 3 are very good and 1 is fair. TRDB.
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December 3rd, 2022
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Political heavyweights help build a picture of how America has responded to reports of genocide, war crimes and mass atrocities as the only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union.”
11/27/22- Just 3 reviews and they are all excellent. TRDB.
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November 27th, 2022
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.”
11/27/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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November 27th, 2022
BAD AXE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.”
11/23/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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November 23rd, 2022
IN HER HANDS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmed across two turbulent years, In Her Hands tells the story of Zarifa Ghafari, who at 26 became one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold the position. The film documents her fight for survival against the backdrop of her country’s accelerated unraveling. ”
11/20/22- Really poor reviews and a few good ones for this documentary about Afghanistan and about women in some cultures.
November 20th, 2022
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From celebrated writer and film historian Elvis Mitchell, IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!? is both a documentary and deeply personal essay. The film examines the craft and power of cinema from a perspective often overlooked: the African American contribution to films released from the landmark era of the 70s.”
11/16/22- Excellent reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
November 16th, 2022
RETROGRADE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “RETROGRADE captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives: one of the last U.S. Special Forces units deployed there, a young Afghan general and his corps fighting to defend their homeland against all odds, and the civilians desperately attempting to flee as the country collapses and the Taliban take over.”
11/16/22- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
November 16th, 2022
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Hidden from public view, a war is raging inside the diamond industry. When filmmaker Jason Kohn infiltrates this highly secretive world, he uncovers a vast, far reaching crime that threatens the value of every diamond ever mined.”
11/16/22- Just a few reviews for this documentary and they are excellent. TRDB.
November 16th, 2022
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