Tag: Documentary
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Gods of Mexico, an Artistic Triumph that Eschews Narrative
The documentary depicts the indigenous people of Mexico with sublime reverence, highlighting a generational harmony with the land.
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‘The Princess’: How One Woman’s Compassion Changed the World
Unlike other documentaries about Princess Diana, Perkins’ film, ‘The Princess’, is an entire documentary consisting of media coverage and public opinion, rather than a typical series of people interviewed with firsthand experience of the Princess. ‘The Princess’ beautifully depicts how we perceive Diana as a media figure rather than a real person, specifically creating her…
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Riding the Wave of Transness – ‘Gender Outlaw: A Bodysurfing Story’ Review
The short documentary and second place winner of the Incluvie Short Film Festival, Gender Outlaw: A Bodysurfing Story, challenges any simplistic understanding of trans people.
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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes… It’s All Been Heard Before
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don’t get a sense of who Marilyn was.
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Chasing Waves and Courage in Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
A documentary film about a disabled female athlete who builds courage within herself and seeks faith.
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All Hail The Queen of Basketball, May She Reign in Peace…and Win An Oscar
In less than 30 minutes, Proudfoot guides the viewer through a narrative that touches on American history, mind-health issues, race, and gender politics
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Women can have it all! Right?! A review of HBOMax’s “Expecting Amy”
I didn’t love Expecting Amy, the mini-series following Amy Schumer’s pregnancy, but it brought up a lot of great unspoken side-effects of working and growing a human in America.
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Remember Your Truth in a City of Façades: “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ is part fiction, part documentary. Jimmie longs for the old Victorian home that he grew up in — the house that his grandfather built. However, this home is now in an overpriced, White, San Francisco neighborhood.
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“Trigger Warning with Killer Mike” is Brilliant in Concept But Mixed in Execution
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike, a part of Netflix’s Black Lives Matter Collection, features different social experiments showcasing the larger state of race relations in our society.
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Have a Good Trip: Netflix Takes You on an Adventure Into the Reality of Psychedelics
Have a Good Trip offers a rather balanced look at psychedelic use. While its main narrative is the stories of recreational use by celebrities, it does delve into the medical history of psychedelics and its use in psychotherapy.