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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BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Four years before Wassily Kandinsky introduced the world to abstract art, Hilma af Klint completed her first abstract canvas. More than a century later, the long-overlooked artist gets her first solo show in America, as recounted in this documentary.”
4/17/20- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Add comment April 17th, 2020
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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THE DOG DOC- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Both dismissed and revered by his peers, veterinarian Marty Goldstein uses novel treatments, including homeopathic medicine and a carefully formulated diet, to restore health to a menagerie of gravely ill animals, as chronicled in this documentary.”
3/14/20- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Add comment March 14th, 2020
THE BOOKSELLERS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “This absorbing documentary provides a look into the business of rare books in New York City, visiting with bibliophiles of every stripe and examining a galaxy of volumes from the past that range from priceless to the seemingly prosaic.”
3/6/20- Fair to good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán has lived in exile from his native Chile for more than 40 years, but the country has never been far from his mind. In the final chapter of his Chilean trilogy, Guzmán turns a meditative lens on the cordillera of the Andes.”
3/1/20- Excellent reviews for this foreign documentary. TRDB.
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ONCE WERE BROTHERS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Rocker Robbie Robertson recounts his journey from making music on Canada’s Six Nations of the Grand River reservation to backing Bob Dylan and then joining Garth Hudson, Levon Helms, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel to form the Band.”
2/22/20- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
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THE TIMES OF BILL CUNNINGHAM- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “”New York Times” photographer Bill Cunningham loved his work, and that joy pervades this documentary built around a 1994 interview in which the shutterbug discusses his upbringing, his days as a milliner, his unique view of fashion and more.”
2/14/20- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
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CREATED EQUAL: CLARENCE THOMAS IN HIS OWN WORDS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Caught in a torrent of public opinion as a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Clarence Thomas rode out the national controversy after Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual harassment, as recounted in this extensive documentary detailing his personal odyssey.”
1/31/20- Poor reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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I WISH I KNEW- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Shanghai — the subject of this documentary commissioned for the 2010 World Expo in that city — serves as the world’s largest cargo port as well as the financial capital of China’s global trading empire. As such, it’s been at the fulcrum of the nation’s history and politics since the 19th century. The changes and critical events that have transpired there since the city was opened to foreign trade are closely examined in this cinematic profile.”
1/25/20- Excellent reviews by the critics and fair ones by audiences. TRDB.
Add comment January 25th, 2020