BURNING CANE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this slice-of-life drama about rural Louisiana and the people who inhabit it, lush cinematography blends with Southern Gothic storytelling to relate the tale of a pastor experiencing a crisis of faith and a mom trying help her alcoholic son.”
10/25/19- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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FARMING- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s experiences, this powerful coming-of-age drama follows a young Nigerian whose parents send him to live with a white British family hoping boost his prospects. Instead, he falls in with a skinhead gang.”
10/25/19- Weak reviews for this drama but the critics had a few nice things to say. TRDB.
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BLACK AND BLUE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “A rookie policewoman is shaken to her core when she happens upon her colleagues murdering a drug dealer. With the killing caught on her body cam, she’s soon targeted by the corrupt cops … and some vengeful criminals.”
10/25/10- Poor reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
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THE ELEPHANT QUEEN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Forced by drought conditions to leave their customary watering hole, an elephant herd headed by 50-year-old matriarch Athena undertakes a perilous trek across the African savanna to locate a new water source.”
10/18/10- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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CHEZ JOLIE COIFFURE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Cameroon native Sabine has created a refuge for other West African women in her small Brussels salon, where this observational documentary captures the conversations that take place and underscores the struggles these immigrant women face.”
10/18/19- I’ve seen just 2 reviews and they are both very good. TRDB.
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TELL ME WHO I AM- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 18-year-old Alex Lewis wakes up from a coma after surviving a motorcycle accident, the world is not one he remembers. He has forgotten everything. His home. His parents. He can’t even remember his own name. The only thing he does know is that the person sitting next to him is his identical twin brother, Marcus.”
10/18/19- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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CYRANO, MY LOVE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1897 Paris, playwright Edmond Rostand is facing a creative crisis just as actor Constant Coquelin needs a hit and asks Rostand to pen a play for him. Taking inspiration from his own life, the dramatist authors the now-famous “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
10/18/19- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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SERENDIPITY- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When multimedia artist Prune Nourry is diagnosed with breast cancer at age 31, she decides to turn her experience into art, documenting her medical journey, the changes in her body and the evolution of her body of work.”
10/18/19- Fair reviews at best for this documentary. TRDB.
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#FEMALE PLEASURE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Through the viewpoints of five brave women from diverse cultural backgrounds, documentarian Barbara Miller focuses on sexuality in the 21st century, contending that pleasure is a universal entitlement — not something reserved strictly for males.”
10/18/19- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE CAVE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this harrowing documentary set in war-ravaged Syria, medical care literally goes underground in a hospital composed of tunnels and subterranean rooms, where a female doctor leads the way in treating a constant stream of casualties.”
10/18/19- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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