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Tag Archives: Politics
The Final Year (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): The final year of the Obama administration
It is hard for me not to become nostalgic while watching Greg Barker’s documentary film “The Final Year”, which closely looks into the inner workings of the Obama administration during its final year. At that time, many of us were … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Politician, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story, The White House
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Slay the Dragon (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): American citizens against gerrymandering
I remember well when I heard about gerrymandering for the first time. On one day in 1991, I was going through the third year of my elementary school education, and I and other students of my class were studying elementary … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Gerrymandering, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Perfect Weapon (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): It has already been started
HBO documentary film “The Perfect Weapon” gives us a very urgent message on certain very dark sides of our ongoing cyber age. As our digital technology is more advanced day by day, our human society have come to depend more … Continue reading
Boys State (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Meet future American politicians
Documentary “Boys State”, which won the US Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, gives us a close and intimate glimpse into a bunch of boys who may be the future of American … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, High Schooler, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Youth program
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The Hater (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A cold, detached character study on online sociopathy
Polish film “The Hater”, which won the Best International Narrative Feature Award at Tribeca Film Festival in this year but then was released on Netlix without much publicity a few days ago, is a cold, detached character study revolving around … Continue reading
Long Shot (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A sweet and smart political romantic comedy
“Long Shot” is a sweet and smart political romantic comedy which does have some nice moments for good laughs. Although it could be sharper and wittier in some aspects, it is mostly entertaining thanks to the comic chemistry between its … Continue reading
The Edge of Democracy (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): The unraveling of democracy in Brazil
Brazilian documentary film “The Edge of Democracy”, which was released on Netflix yesterday, is often uncomfortable and depressing to watch especially if, like me, you have been disturbed by the rise of extreme right-wing political factions around the world during … Continue reading
Knock Down the House (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Female candidates against the Establishment
Netflix documentary film “Knock Down the House”, which received the US Documentary Audience Award when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, introduces to us four different American women who decided to stand against the … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Election, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Man Behind Fox News
Roger Ailes was a pretty deplorable guy in my humble opinion. As running Fox News for more than 20 years, he actively and aggressively spread fear and hate over the American society along with his loony right-wing figures such as … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Media, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Michael Moore on the Trump era
Michael Moore’s new documentary film “Fahrenheit 11/9” is a mixed bag full of lots of things to present. While trying to examine how that shocking and unbelievable victory of Donald Trump happened on November 9th, 2016, the documentary attempts to … Continue reading
