THE RISE AND FALL OF LULAROE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “THE RISE AND FALL OF LULAROE shines a light on present day LuLaRoe at the company’s most recent incentive trip in Cancun, Mexico called LuLaRoe D.R.E.A.M 2021. Here, we meet LuLaRoe’s first ever retailer and see that the company is still going strong, despite the growing community of Facebook activists, including former customers and retailers, who are determined to stop at nothing to take down the organization.”
PRESIDENT- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “When Robert Mugabe was removed from power, Zimbabwe military leaders promised they would not seize control for themselves but would ensure democracy in a national election. Against a backdrop of economic crisis, food shortages, and political violence, the stakes could not be higher. Working to defeat the ruling party, which has controlled Zimbabwe since independence, is the young and charismatic Nelson Chamisa, who draws comparisons to a young Nelson Mandela in expressing the country’s utmost desire to be “led” and not “ruled.”
FATAL DISTRACTION- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The story of the high-profile murder trial of Justin Ross Harris following the death of his toddler son in the hot summer of 2014.”
12/11/21- Just 1 review- from the NY Times- and it’s good. TRDB.
LAST AND FIRST MEN- 2020. Synopsis by IMDB. “Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.”
12/11/21- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
JOY WOMACK: THE WHITE SWAN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The film follows several years in the life of Joy Womack, the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program, and the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet. Joy grew up in a typical American family. She always wanted to be a ballet dancer and moved to Russia when she was 15 to follow her dream. Without a word of Russian, not completely fit for the physical requirements of Russian ballet dancers, Joy shows her strength and dedication to ballet and accomplishing her dreams.”
12/11/21- I’ve seen just 3 early reviews and they are excellent. TRDB.
THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From the award-winning creative team behind Notes On Blindness and Listen To Me, Marlon comes a contemporary take on cinema’s most iconic figure. In an innovative blend of newly-unearthed audio recordings, dramatic reconstructions and personal archive, the film traces Charlie Chaplin’s meteoric rise from the slums of Victorian London to the heights of Hollywood superstardom, before his scandalous fall from grace.”
12/10/21- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
WRITING WITH FIRE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.”
12/9/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
TORN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Widely hailed as the greatest mountaineer of his generation, Alex Lowe was a towering figure in the world of outdoor sports. But he loomed even larger for his oldest son, Max, who was only 11 in 1999 when Alex was buried by an avalanche along with cameraman David Bridges while attempting to ski the north face of Mount Shishapangma in the Tibetan Himalaya. Seventeen years after their deaths, Lowe’s and Bridges’ bodies were found by two climbers attempting the same route, and in the following months, Lowe’s family journeyed to the remote mountain to recover them. In the powerful and deeply moving new documentary TORN, director Max Lowe examines the long-buried feelings this unearthed for him and his family, including his mother, Jennifer; his younger brothers, Sam and Isaac; and his stepfather, Conrad Anker, Alex’s climbing partner and best friend.
FLEE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.”
12/4/21- Excellent reviews from the critics for this animated documentary.
14 PEAKS: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible explores Nepal’s deep connection to high-altitude mountaineering through the eyes of Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, a fearless, fun-loving Nepali climber on a quest he dubs “Project Possible”–to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter mountains in just seven months, breaking the previous record of seven years.”
12/4/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.