documentary
Documentary ‘The Boys Who Said No!’ recalls anti-draft, anti-war movement
March 17, 2021A highly effective and moving new documentary about the young American men who refused to be sucked into the maw of the Selective Service System during the Vietnam War has just appeared.
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‘Finding Sally’: A filmic inquiry into the heart of Ethiopia’s revolutionary upheavals
February 25, 2021The absorbing, informative Finding Sally is Tamara Mariam Dawit’s first full-length documentary, but hopefully not her last.
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‘Truth to Power: Barbara Lee Speaks for Me’ at Pan African Film Festival
February 23, 2021I enjoyed Truth, which has a joyous surprise ending that I didn’t see coming, it will leave you smiling. Which seems appropriate, considering the outstanding life story of this documentary’s admirable protagonist, who took the struggle...
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ a provocative mockumentary that lampoons conservative political culture
October 30, 2020What makes the film most hilarious (and discouraging) is the utter honesty that is revealed by the reactionary people encountered.
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Documentary ‘Hopper/Welles’: When ‘Easy Rider’ met ‘Citizen Kane’
October 29, 2020The documentary Hopper/Welles, which screened at the 34th annual AFI Fest, is to film history what 1989’s When Harry Met Sally is to romcoms.
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