Posts filed under 'documentary'
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.
Tags: documentary
October 3rd, 2022
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.
Tags: documentary
October 2nd, 2022
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.
Tags: documentary
October 2nd, 2022
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.
Tags: documentary/foreign
October 2nd, 2022
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.
Tags: documentary
September 28th, 2022
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.
Tags: documentary
September 28th, 2022
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.
Tags: documentary/foreign
September 25th, 2022
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.
Tags: docu
September 24th, 2022
SIDNEY- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From producer Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin, this revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement.”
9/24/22- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
September 24th, 2022
RIOTSVILLE, U.S.A.- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Welcome to RIOTSVILLE, USA, a turning point in American history where the protest movements of the late 1960s came into conflict with increasingly militarized police departments.”
9/18/2022- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
September 18th, 2022
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