KEEP QUIET- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Virulently anti-Semitic, right-wing Hungarian politician Csanad Szegedi finds his views undermined after learning about his Jewish heritage. Over a three-year period, he comes to embrace his new faith, as chronicled in this fascinating documentary.”
2/17/17- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
6/6/17- The truth is stranger than fiction. A fascinating documentary. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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SPEED SISTERS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the unlikely environs of the West Bank, the Speed Sisters are the Middle East’s first all-woman auto-racing team — and they’re determined to elbow their way their way onto the tracks to compete against men”
2/10/17- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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KEDI- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Experience daily life in the eyes of a cat in Istanbul, where hundreds of thousands of felines roam the streets freely. Many citizens of the Turkish metropolis regard themselves as guardians of these cats, which exist between the tame and the wild.”
2/10/17- Great reviews for this weird sounding documentary. TRDB.
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EAGLES OF DEATH METAL: NOS AMIS (OUR FRIENDS)- 2007. Synopsis by Netflix. “Determined not to let the terrorist attack during a 2015 Paris concert silence them, Eagles of Death Metal take the stage in the City of Light once more with U2’s Bono and the Edge, delivering an emotional performance captured in this documentary.”
2/10/17- Just 4 reviews noted and they are all very good. TRDB.
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LEFT ON PURPOSE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “While Justin Schein is shooting a film about longtime peace advocate Mayer Vishner, the subject reveals midway through that he plans to commit suicide as a final radical act — and that he wants Schein to include it in the documentary.”
2/10/17- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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A GOOD AMERICAN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Unearthing a little-known aspect of 9/11, this disturbing documentary reveals that the National Security Agency’s technical director developed a surveillance system that may have averted the attack, but the program was dumped three weeks beforehand.”
2/3/17- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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OKLAHOMA CITY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Timothy McVeigh bombed an Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, it was America’s deadliest domestic terrorist act to date. This documentary examines the events — including the Waco and Ruby Ridge standoffs — that led McVeigh to act.”
2//3/17- Excellent reviews for this movie. TRDB.
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THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Once a nationally ranked diver in his native Canada, Gregory Lazzarato approached life away from the pool fearlessly. First becoming a YouTube star via makeup tutorials, he later transitioned into a woman, as chronicled in this candid documentary.”
2/3/17- Reviews were just OK for this documentary. TRDB.
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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When author James Baldwin died in 1987, he left behind an unfinished book about the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. This documentary uses that unfinished text to create a visual essay on race in America.”
2/3/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and fair to good ones from audiences. TRDB.
5/31/17- A fascinating and complex documentary. Watch it when you are wide awake and can pay attention. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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S IS FOR STANLEY- 2017. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “S Is For Stanley is the story of Emilio D’Alessandro, Stanley Kubrick’s personal driver. It’s also the story of a thirty-year-long friendship, involving the meticulous creation of four absolute cinematic masterpieces, and uniting two individuals apparently worlds apart, each of whom found his own ideal travel companion far from home.”
1/27/17- I’ve seen just 2 reviews— one up and one down. TRDB.
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