THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Racial hatred’s savage roots were on display in Recy Taylor’s gang rape by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. When she identified her attackers despite the danger to herself and her family, the case became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement.”
12/15/17- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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KILLING FOR LOVE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “This engrossing look at a 1985 double homicide focuses on bringing to justice the killers of a Lynchburg, Virginia, husband and wife as suspicions fall on the wealthy couple’s daughter when she and her boyfriend suddenly flee abroad.”
12/15/17- Excellent reviews all around for this documentary. TRDB.
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QUEST- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Set in a neglected North Philadelphia neighborhood, this affecting documentary charts a decade in the lives of the Rainey family, whose home music studio has become a refuge from the strife that pervades their community.”
12/7/17- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE NEW RADICAL- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In a world they see as corporatized and soul-killing, a generation of millennial radicals are taking to the Internet and using technology to attack the system. This documentary shines a light on the crypto-anarchists at the heart of the movement.”
12/1/17- Fair reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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BIG TIME- 2017. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The puckish architect Bjarke Ingels has built his career on defying convention and distancing himself from his peers. He is 39 years old, founder of a company pretentiously and provocatively called BIG and is on his definite way to becoming one of the world’s most innovative and successful contemporary architects.”
12/1/17- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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SHADOWMAN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “For a few glittering moments in the 1980s, “Shadowman” painter Richard Hambleton was at the top of New York City’s art heap, but neuroses and addiction forced him into isolation. This documentary chronicles his rise, fall and eventual re-emergence.”
12/1/17- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Remembered as one of the most ravishing stars of her day, screen legend Hedy Lamarr had brains and beauty — which are on full display in this illuminating documentary that spotlights her World War II-era coinvention of wireless communication forms.”
11/23/17- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
3/17/18- An excellent documentary. Who knew about these other aspect of Ms. Lamarr? TRDB. At the Theater.
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BRIMSTONE & GLORY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “This documentary captures the Mexican town of Tultepec (whose main industry is fireworks) amid its annual festival, following the revelry as the night sky is set ablaze with kaleidoscopic pyrotechnics, while papier-mâché bulls explode in the streets.”
11/23/17- Very good reviews for this documentary with some notable exceptions. TRDB.
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CUBA AND THE CAMERAMAN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Reflecting on Cuban history and the effects of Fidel Castro’s long rule on three Cuban families, this absorbing documentary incorporates candid interviews with Castro, collected over more than four decades by director Jon Alpert.”
11/23/17- Few reviews and they are very good. TRDB.
11/25/17- I enjoyed this wonderful documentary even though Jon Alpert- the writer/director- frequently got on my nerves. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
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BIG SONIA- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Throughout her adult life, Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski has used hard work and inspirational speaking to eradicate the darkness of years spent in concentration camps. But with her tailor shop about to close, past trauma bubbles to the surface.”
11/17/17- Very good reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
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