BATTLEGROUND- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Battleground is an urgently timely window into the intersection of abortion and politics in America, following three women who lead formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield.”
10/9/22- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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LAST FLIGHT HOME- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Behind a white picket fence, on an unremarkable suburban street, we discover Eli Timoner, who founded Air Florida, the fastest growing airline in the world in the 1970’s. During his final days, we discover his extraordinary life filled with incredible success and devastating setbacks, and most importantly, an innate goodness which won him the enduring love and support of his family.”
10/8/22- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmakers capture a young man finding his voice as a leader and his incredible journey against the odds. Igniting a movement known as FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER, political activist Charles Booker works to unite people of all socioeconomic backgrounds while fighting against big money in politics, voter suppression, and systemic corruption.”
10/3/22- Excellent reviews from all. TRDB.
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SIRENS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “SIRENS intimately chronicles the lives and music of Slave to Sirens, a band made up of five young metalheads whose burgeoning fame is set against the backdrop of the Lebanese revolution. Its members wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction as their music serves as a refuge to Beirut’s youth culture.”
10/2/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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InHOSPITABLE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “InHospitable follows patients and activists as they band together in an effort to stop UPMC, a multi-billion-dollar nonprofit hospital system, from making vital care unaffordable for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania.”
10/2/22- Just 1 review so far and it sounds OK. TRDB.
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WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “At the age of 89, Julián takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children — a lengthy trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?”
10/2/22- Excellent reviews for this foreign documentary (Spanish). TRDB.
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NOTHING COMPARES- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “NOTHING COMPARES is the story of Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on her prophetic words and deeds from 1987-1993, the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless artist through a contemporary feminist lens.”
9/28/22- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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INVISABLE DEMONS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a sprawling mega city where the dangers of climate change are present not future, acclaimed filmmaker Rahul Jain shows a world on the brink. Told through striking images and eye-opening accounts from everyday citizens, Invisible Demons delivers a visceral and immersive journey through the stories of just a few of Delhi’s 30 million inhabitants fighting to survive.”
9/28/22- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “One day, without warning, a revolution exploded. It was the event that 80-year-old master documentarian Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for and working toward all his life: a million and a half people in the streets of Santiago, the Chilean capital, demanding justice, education, health care, and a new constitution to replace the strident rules imposed on the country during the Pinochet military dictatorship.”
9/25/22- Excellent reviews for this Spanish documentary. TRDB.
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THE AMERICAN DREAM AND OTHER FAIRY TALES- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Abigail Disney looks at America’s dysfunctional and unequal economy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare for people born with less. As a way to imagine a more equitable future, Disney uses her family’s story to explore how this systemic injustice took hold.”
9/24/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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