THE POLLINATORS- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard pollinating the crops that produce the food we all eat.”
6/16/20- Very good early reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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MY FATHER, THE SPY- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva Lesinska-Geibere could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lesinskis, then working in the Soviet mission at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a dark spy game, Leva is forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of events which have their roots over four decades ago. In order to find herself and understand the game she was part of, Leva sets out on a journey to the past, confronting family secrets, lies and betrayal.”
6/16/20- Just 1 review noted and it is very good. TRDB. Rent or buy on Amazon Prime.
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SEARCHING EVA- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Eva — 25, drifter, Berliner, poet, pet-owner, sex worker, virgo, recovering addict, housewife, feminist, model — declared privacy an outdated concept at the age of 14. This is the tale of a young woman growing up in the age of the internet, turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, challenging you on what a woman “should be”. Through her fragmented personalities you see the emergence of a generation, in which the concept of a fixed identity has grown old. A portrait of modern existence.”
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THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls.”
5/24/20- Excellent reviews for this movie, listed as a documentary but sounds more like a drama or docudrama. TRDB. On Vudu– rent or buy.
5/24/20- An excellent docudrama. TRDB. Seen on Prime!
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A TOWERING TASK: THE STORY OF THE PEACE CORPS- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Directed by Alana DeJoseph and narrated by Annette Bening, the documentary features indelible interviews of current and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, current and former staff, scholars and journalists, community members and leaders around the world (including Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf).”
5/22/20- Mixed early reviews of this documentary. TRDB.
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DIANA KENNEDY- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “This engaging documentary profiles master chef Diana Kennedy, who for nearly 70 years has explored Mexico’s diverse culinary traditions. Now 96, she also ardently fights to ensure sustainable farming practices as the effects of climate change loom.”
5/22/20- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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REWIND- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “After director Sasha Neulinger unearths a disturbing trove of home videos shot by his father during Sasha’s youth, he delves into his emotionally explosive memories of a past rife with abuse, which he details in this unsettling documentary.”
5/9/20- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB. On Amazon Prime.
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MOSSVILLE: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL- 2020. Synopsis by IMDB. “As a centuries-old black community, contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants, comes to terms with the loss of its ancestral home, one man standing in the way of a plant’s expansion refuses to give up.”
5/9/20- I’ve seen just 2 reviews– 1 good and 1 poor but it sounds OK to me. TRDB.
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BECOMING- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Becoming is an intimate look into the life of former First Lady Michelle Obama during a moment of profound change, not only for her personally but for the country she and her husband served over eight impactful years in the White House. ”
5/8/20- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE LEGEND OF SWEE’ PEA-A “mystical understanding of the game” made Lloyd “Swee’ Pea” Daniels a New York City basketball legend by the age of 16. Christened the “next Magic Johnson”, his career effectively ended at age 21 after being shot 3 times in the chest after a tussle over $8 of cocaine. The Legend of Swee’ Pea follows the twists and turns of fortune in the life of a basketball prodigy: his dramatic downfall, miraculous comeback, and, finally, the bittersweet confrontation with a life imperfectly lived.”
4/17/20- Good reviews. TRDB.
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