Vicki says: “THE FIRST STEP tells the story of Van Jones’( the CNN commentator) push to pass the Prison Reform Act, not an easy task in a country so divided. The documentary takes a ‘fly on the wall’ approach which
Michael says: “Questlove’s documentary about a summer long music festival in Harlem, during 1969 — happening concurrently with Woodstock, but that very few people are aware of today, benefitted by my recent viewing of the film PASSING. and my reading
Michael says: “It sounded so interesting. A young woman leaves her mother’s home in the Netherlands where she was raised, to return to her native Bosnia and seek out a father that she barely remembered. Despite a solid performance by
Bob says: “Billie and her little brother Nico (played by director Alexandre Rockwell’s kids) live with their father in a not too impressive bit of the Boston area. Dad means well, but he’s drunk all the time. Their mother (the
Bob says: “Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez traveled all over the US to document sections of the Berlin Wall that ended up here. They found them at corporations, restaurants, libraries, rich people’s homes, on the side of the highway, museums,
Michael says: “About two-thirds of the way through I CARRY YOU WITH ME, the gorgeously saturated, lush romantic drama shifts from Mexico to the U.S. and along with that shift comes a remarkable change in tone to a very documentary
Philip says: “Rita fought racism, sexism, and typecasting to become an icon, a legend – someone for young Hispanic people to look up to. She continues to provide a roadmap of what is possible. And she did it by making
Jeff says: “A portrait of the women who pioneered electronic music in the 1950s and 1960s, including Delia Derbyshire, arranger in electronics of the original Doctor Who theme, and theremin virtuoso, Clara Rockmore. The scenes shot in those early studios with