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Tag Archives: Real-life story
Girls State (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Girls can do anything indeed
Documentary film “Girls State”, which is currently available on Apple TV+, observes a bunch of American female teenagers going through a well-known week-long leadership and citizenship program. While they sometime find themselves limited by gender bias and inequality, these young … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, High Schooler, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Youth program
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The Goldfinger (2023) ☆☆(2/4): Murky and tedious
Hong Kong film “The Goldfinger” did not engage me despite lots of happenings during its 2-hour running time. While it wants to be a grand financial crime drama not so far from “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013) on one … Continue reading
Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): He did all…
Documentary film “Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces”, which was released on Apple TV+ a few weeks ago, shows us how Steve Martin has contained multitudes. At first, the documentary, which consists of two episodes as reflected by its … Continue reading
The Four Daughters (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The reenactment of a family pain
Kaouther Ben Hania’s latest work “The Four Daughters”, which was recently nominated for Best Documentary Oscar (It was also selected as the Tunisian submission to Best International Film Oscar, by the way), presents one painful family story via a plain … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Filmmaking, Mother and daughter, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Every Body (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Their Body
Some good documentaries work as an empathic window to human experiences and conditions quite different from ours, and documentary film “Every Body”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, is one of such exemplary examples in my humble … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Intersex, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Sex
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Shirley (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Meet Shirley Chisholm
To be frank with you, I had never heard about US Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm before I watched acclaimed TV miniseries “Mrs. America” a few years ago, which incidentally enlightened me on a lot of interesting American feminist real-life stories besides … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign, Congresswoman, Politician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Kokomo City (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Their experiences as Black transgender sex workers
Documentary film “Kokomo City”, which won the NEXT Innovator award when it was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival early in last year (It also won the NEXT Audience award, by the way), is exceptional as closely listening to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Sex worker, Transgender
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Frida (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Via her own words
Documentary film “Frida”, which is currently available on Amazon Prime, presents the life and career of legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo mainly via her works and words. Although it may not inform you that much if you are familiar with … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist, Documentary, Painter, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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To Kill a Tiger (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Standing by his daughter
Documentary film “To Kill a Tiger”, which recently received a Best Documentary Oscar nomination, is a calm but empathetic as following one Indian country farmer’s long and difficult personal journey for the justice for his young daughter who was brutally … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Documentary, Family, Father and daughter, Rape, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Survivor
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The Space Race (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Hidden Astronauts
Documentary film “The Space Race” looks into a hidden part of the NASA history which deserves more attention in my humble opinion. Although it could delve more into its interesting historical subject, the documentary did a good job of presenting … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronaut, Documentary, Race, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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