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Tag Archives: Activist
For Love and Life: No Ordinary Campaign (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): So they step forward…
Documentary film “For Love and Life: No Ordinary Campaign”, which was released in Amazon Prime in last week, presents an extraordinary story about a bunch of people trying to make some change in the American healthcare system for themselves as … Continue reading
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Tagged Activist, Documentary, Husband and Wife, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Inside her extraordinary art and life
Laura Poitras’ latest documentary film “All the Bloody and the Bloodshed”, which received the Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival in last year and then garnered an Oscar nomination early in this year, looks into the art … Continue reading
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Tagged Activist, Addiction, Artist, Documentary, Photographer, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their complicated friendship
Netflix documentary film “Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali”, which was released in last September, examines the complicated friendship between two famous African American figures in the 1960s. Starting from their respective early years, the documentary shows us how … Continue reading
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Tagged Activist, Boxer, Documentary, Islam, Muslim, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): An angry and passionate courtroom drama by Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin’s new film “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, which was released on Netflix in last week, is an angry and passionate courtroom drama which takes us into one of the most infamous court trials in US during the … Continue reading
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Being Jane
HBO documentary film “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” is a compelling examination of the life and carrier of Jane Fonda, a famous movie star who has also been an outspoken activist for many years. As she frankly recounts about her … Continue reading
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