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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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Stormy Leather

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Joan Jett, Liam Firmager, Lita Ford, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro

The worshipful documentary ‘SUZI Q’ fleshes out the life of bass-playing ’70s phenom Suzi Quatro

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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ and ‘Unsettled’

June 30, 2020July 5, 2020 Michael Giltz 0 Comments David France, Tom Shepard, Unsettled, Welcome to Chechnya

For queers escaping the horrors of Chechnya, Syria and the like, the U.S. is still the Promised Land

DOCUMENTARY FILM YouTube

‘Handsworth Songs’ Is Essential Amid Today’s Social Unrest

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments England, Handsworth Songs, John Akomfrah, Margaret Thatcher

John Akomfrah’s documentary about the 1985 Handsworth riots in England mirrors racial issues

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‘You Don’t Nomi’ and the Cult of ‘Showgirls’

June 19, 2020June 23, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Elizabeth Berkeley, Gaspar Noé, Henry and June, Joe Ezterhas, Kyle MacLachlan, Paul Verhoeven, Philip Kaufman, Showgirls, You Don't Nomi

Documentary chronicles our obsession with a masterpiece of shit

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Goes Digital

June 16, 2020June 18, 2020 Inney Prakash 0 Comments 8th, Coded Bias, Down a Dark Stairwell, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Digital Film Festival, Ursula Liang

And struggles with diversity issues

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Bruce Lee: American Hero

June 7, 2020June 9, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments Be Water, Bruce Lee, ESPN

‘Be Water’: a magnificent ESPN documentary that puts the dragon in the context of his times

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Asian American History Gets its Due in Epic PBS Documentary

June 5, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments

Comprehensive, hopeful, and profoundly patriotic

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‘The Painter and the Thief’

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Barbora Kysilkova, Benjamin Ree, Karl-Bertil Nordland, The Painter and The Thief

A lovely documentary about art, crime, redemption, and friendship

DOCUMENTARY FILM Sports

Michael Jordan Was Before My Time

May 12, 2020May 20, 2020 Peter Warren 0 Comments Chicago Bulls, Craig Ehlo, Isaiah Thomas, Jerry Krause, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Ron Harper, The Last Dance

For a college student, ‘The Last Dance’ has been a fascinating history lesson about basketball’s greatest

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix

‘Crip Camp’ Tells the Story of the Birth of the Disability Rights Movement

May 4, 2020May 8, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Barack Obama, Camp Jened, Crip Camp, Jim LeBrecht, Michelle Obama, Nicole Newenham

A life-affirming vision of social progress

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‘Planet of the Humans’ is a Reactionary Screed

May 1, 2020May 4, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bill McKibben, Elon Musk, Jeff Gibbs, Michael Moore, Planet of the Humans

The worst form of purity-test liberalism

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

The Beastie Boys TED Talk

April 29, 2020 Kevin L. Jones 0 Comments Adam Yauch, AdRock, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Book, Beastie Boys Story, DefJam, MCA, Mike D, Russell Simmons, Spike Jonez

If you like this movie, you’ll love the book

DOCUMENTARY FILM Sports TELEVISION

The Zen Master and The Worm

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Zack Teibloom 0 Comments

Jackson and Rodman take center court in ‘The Last Dance’

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix

‘Circus Of Books’ is Soft at the Core

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Barry Mason, Chic, Circus of Books, Hustler, Jeff Stryker, Karen Mason, Larry Flynt

A squeaky-clean documentary about the legendary L.A. porn shop

DOCUMENTARY Sports TELEVISION

The Top 10 Things About the First Two Parts of ‘The Last Dance’

April 20, 2020April 23, 2020 Zack Teibloom 0 Comments Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Chicago Bulls, Dennis Rodman, ESPN, Michael Jordan, Oprah, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, The Last Dance, Toni Kukoc

Jordan in Paris and The Traveling Cocaine Circus

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