Posts with the tag 'history'
REMEMBER THIS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn (NOMADLAND, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, LINCOLN) portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office.”
1/28/23- Just 3 reviews– 2 up and 1 down. TRDB.
Tags: drama, history
January 28th, 2023
THE LADY OF HEAVEN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The heart-wrenching journey of Lady Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad. Separated by 1400 years, an Iraqi child, in the midst of a war-torn country at the hands of ISIS, learns the importance and power of patience. After losing his mother, the child finds himself in a new home, where a loving grandmother narrates the historical story of The Lady and how her suffering as the first victim of terrorism spun out of control into the 21st century.”
12/10/21- Just 2 reviews so far and they are both very good. TRDB.
Tags: drama, history
December 10th, 2021
ROE V. WADE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a Supreme Court battle that leads to a controversial verdict on abortion.
4/3/21- Terrible reviews from the critics and fairly good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, history
April 3rd, 2021
A GERMAN YOUTH- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Through archival material, this incisive documentary chronicles the birth and evolution of Germany’s Red Army Faction, a group of left-wing activists turned terrorists who committed dozens of violent crimes, including 34 killings, over 25 years.”
12/6/19- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
December 7th, 2019
THE APOLLO- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “This in-depth documentary charts the long and rich history of New York City’s Apollo Theater, which has served as the launching pad for artists such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Chappelle and many more.”
11/1/19- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
November 1st, 2019
THE FORGOTTEN REFUGEES- 2005.
This documentary is about the treatment and expulsion of Jews from Middle East countries through the years and is well worth seeing if you can get a copy.
I liked it very much. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
January 15th, 2018
NICKY’S FAMILY- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Prior to World War II, Briton Nicholas Winton masterminded the rescue of more than 600 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Prague. This emotional documentary recounts Winton’s selfless heroics as well as his 50-year silence about his efforts.”
7/19/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
July 22nd, 2013
RESCUE IN THE PHILLIPINES- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “This absorbing documentary chronicles the story of a handful of men — including future U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower — who hatched a plan during a series of late-night poker games to save 1,300 Jewish refugees from the Nazis.”
Here’s what Rotten Tomatoes had to say–“”Rescue in The Philippines” is a one-hour documentary of the previously untold story of how the five Frieder brothers, Cincinnati businessmen making two-for-a-nickel cigars in pre-WWII Manila, together with Manuel Quezon, the charismatic first president of the Philippines, Paul McNutt, US High Commissioner and former governor of Indiana (preparing for his own presidential campaign) and an ambitious Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower – helped 1,200 Jews escape the Nazis and immigrate to the Philippines.”
3/29/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times and elsewhere as well. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
March 29th, 2013
HONOR FLIGHT- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Honor Flight is a heartwarming, feature-length documentary about a Midwest community joining together to honor World War II veterans one last time. The film follows a devoted team of volunteers as they race against the clock to send every WWII veteran on an Honor Flight to see the war memorials in Washington, DC. The more they do, the more their cause takes on a life of its own.”
12/7/12- Good review in general but the NY Times panned it in today’s review, calling it exploitive. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
December 13th, 2012
BOOKER’S PLACE- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 1965, documentary filmmaker Frank DeFelitta traveled to Mississippi to shoot a film on the subject of racism in the American South. As he went about observing life in Mississippi and interviewing the locals, Frank was introduced to an African-American waiter named Booker Wright. With utter candor and a brazen lack of concern for his own well-being, Booker appeared on tape in the documentary and spoke openly and honestly about the realities of living in a racist society. This brief interview forever changed the lives of Booker and his family, and more than 40 years later, Frank’s son Raymond DeFelitta returns to the site of his father’s film to examine the repercussions of this fateful interview.”
4/27/12- Very good review in todays’ NY Times and elsewhere. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, history
April 16th, 2012
Older Posts