Posts with the tag 'documentary'
MIKE WALLACE IS HERE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When it came to asking tough questions, longtime “60 Minutes” reporter Mike Wallace pulled few punches. This documentary takes a similar approach, using a wealth of archival footage to explore what made the journalist tick and how his career evolved.”
7/26/19- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
12/31/19- An excellent documentary where you learn about the subject through interviews he has conducted with subjects, lots of which are famous people. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 26th, 2019
HONEYLAND- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In an isolated Balkan landscape, beekeeper Hatidze Muratova lovingly tends her hives, scratching out a living by selling honey at a faraway market. But when a nomadic family and their 150 cows move in next door, her fragile existence is threatened.”
7/26/19- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, Foreign
July 26th, 2019
ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Intertwining an array of stories and Afghanistan’s modern history, this powerful documentary looks at the daily lives of a group of young students who imagine a better future — despite the nation being torn apart by decades of war.”
7/25/19- Excellent reviews for this movie. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 25th, 2019
CASSANDRO THE EXOTICO- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “This biographical documentary about Mexican wrestler Cassandro — known as the “Liberace of lucha libre” — captures the flamboyant, openly gay legend in the sunset of his career, as his body flags but his spirit continues to soar.”
7/19/19- Few reviews noted now but they are mostly very good. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 20th, 2019
TINY: THE LIFE OF ERIN BLACKWELL- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Thirty years in the making, Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell continues to follow one of the most indelible subjects of Streetwise, a groundbreaking documentary on homeless and runaway teenagers.
7/19/19- Just 1 review noted and it is very good. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 20th, 2019
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this illuminating documentary, trailblazing rocker David Crosby shares — with brutal candor — a slew of personal observations and reminiscences from a 50-year musical career that’s far from over.”
7/19/19- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
1/26/20- An excellent documentary- I enjoyed it very much. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 19th, 2019
BEFORE STONEWALL- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “From 1920s Harlem to the McCarthy era, this documentary reconstructs the history of gay and lesbian life leading up to the 1969 Stonewall riots, which ignited the modern-day gay rights movement.”
7/15/19- Very good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 15th, 2019
GENERAL MAGIC- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Once called “the most important dead company in Silicon Valley,” Apple spinoff General Magic produced what was in essence the first smartphone. Unfortunately, it came a decade too early, as chronicled in this absorbing documentary.”
7/12/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 13th, 2019
SEA OF SHADOWS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Using illegal nets in the Sea of Cortez to harvest the prized bladders of totoaba fish, poachers are devastating the population and ecosystem of the vaquita, a rare type of porpoise. This documentary charts efforts to save the animal from extinction.”
7/12/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 13th, 2019
CLARENCE CLEMONS: WHO DO I THINK I AM- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “After Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s marathon “Rising Tour” came to an end in 2003, Clarence Clemons felt like he needed a break. So he packed up his saxophone and voyaged to China, where he could be more-or-less a nameless traveler in a foreign land. Follow Clarence after China and document his transcendent awakening and then tragedy struck. While in Florida Clarence suffered a stroke and passed away.”
7/9/19- No reviews as yet. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
July 9th, 2019
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