Dahomey, a feature documentary directed by Mati Diop also has quotes for this type of author. In the film, the recovery of royal objects of the Kingdom of Dahomey created in the 17th century is shown – 26 in total. The objects were returned to the Republic of Benin at the end of 2021 after […]
Ruchiko Makshak’s “We Will Dance Again” is structured as a case study of the events that took place during the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, as provided by the participants of the Nova music festival. Depending on the Israeli authorities, at least 360 people were murdered during the event, which took place in
Oksana Karpovych’s new documentary film ‘Intercepted’ refreshingly looks at the problem of the war in Ukraine. There have been many brave documentary filmmakers and journalists who have gone into the war since its outbreak in February 2022, but Karen Karpovych has captured many of the iconic imagery of Ukrainian resilience shown in documentaries and media
In “Not Not Jazz” – a documentary about jazz fusion band Medeski Martin & Wood, there is also a sequence with ‘crew lens stalking about Mike Landau’s neck’ while Chris Wood is bowing an upright bass on leaves in a desert courtyard in upstate New York tennis court. Other such scenes are also evident in
It seems that for people who know too much about a certain topic, creating a docuseries such as ‘Hollywood Black’ would always fall short of, as fulfilling as it may be, the dreams of most people performing it. After all, MGM+ which has no TCM or Criterion Channel catalogue is going to air a four
Almost everybody in the Western Hemisphere is aware of the crimes of the Roman Catholic Church as it keenly accepts blame for its wrongdoings. Paralleling though most of the historical narratives that exist today, whiteness is also more often the great eraser of facts, and when it comes to crimes against victims of color, they
Christopher Reeve, famous for his role as Superman in the original Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story films, was riding at the Commonwealth Park riding centre in Culpeper, Virginia, on May 27, 1997, when a one meter tall, W-shaped fence was shown to his horse who refused to leap over. Practically every inch he fell resulted
There is but a single query that runs through the mind of any follower of Amy Winehouse upon watching director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘Back to Black’, and quite understandably too — What is this f*ckery? In the biopic, Marisa Abela portrays the Camden borough-bred star athlete who was quoted, “I was just one of the girls.”
Incoming: Harper Steele, Erica Wrong Cinematographer who barrels toward the story headfirst, Graves fight that in SNL. Shit. A few weeks or maybe even months later Steele dropped a bombshell on him through an e-mail. Steele who became head writer SNL has always liked getting into her car and driving for hours and hours from
For one reason or another, there are some movies that we the people of entertainment media tend to overlook. In the case of the documentary Am I Racist?, that specific reason is that we’re liberals. BARRA: No American main stream company reviewed the film which has been in the top ten for two weeks- the
