Directed by Edgar Wright, the documentary follows brothers Ron and Russell Mael in the Sparks Brothers film.
Documentary Spotlight “The Sparks Brothers” Covering 25 Albums
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“P!nk: All I Know So Far” Highest Breakthrough Entertainment
Directed by Michael Gracey, P!nk: All I Know So Far, join award-winning musician P!NK as she embarks on her record-breaking 2019 “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. See her welcome audiences to join her chosen family while trying to balance being a mom, a wife, a boss and a performer.
Gracey’s mixing of footage from the road, behind-the-scenes interviews, and personal material gives power to this spectacle. Gracey is best known for The Greatest Showman, which had solid musical numbers.
The audiences get a glimpse behind the curtain of the circus that P!NK calls life.
“Summer of Soul” Brings Colorful Nostalgia and Wealth of Power
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Summer of Soul presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion.
Over six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park — now Marcus Garvey Park.
Never seen footage and largely forgotten — until now. The movie shines a light on the history of our spiritual well-being. It stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.
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The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.
The Truth About Nazis “Final Account” Timely, Startling History
Directed by the late Luke Holland, Final Account is his interviews of nearly 300 elderly perpetrators and witnesses of the Holocaust from the Nazi side.
Such an important documentary that shows how the Nazis viewed their rise over Europe and the atrocities they allowed to happen. Doing nothing is still a transgression, and this movie received praises from prominent newspapers worldwide.
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Final Account premiered posthumously three months after the death of Holland in June 2020.
“Killing Beef” Exposes Cultural Problems for the Black Community
After recovering from a near-fatal shooting, former drug dealer and award-winning journalist Samson Styles searches to find the meaning of his life and reconciliation with his shooter, in this meaningful journey that takes the form of a life-lesson explained to a young boy.
Synopsis: “Killing Beef” is a street term and is a double entendre. The beef is a conflict often between young men and/or their crews. “Killing” beef can mean a pattern of deadly violence – or it can mean a peaceful resolution of a conflict.
Black-on-black crime rooted in conflict continues to take the lives of too many young black men across the country. Too many, this cycle of violence is senseless.
Though I agree with Styles approach to do something about it. However, let us look at solutions that are working today. For example, The Way to Happiness Foundation has statistics that show its effectiveness. Its program is available to any educational institution.
Urgent and Powerful “John Lewis: Good Trouble” Trailer
Directed by filmmaker Dawn Porter, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles the life and career of the legendary civil rights activist and Democratic Representative from Georgia.
Using interviews and rare archival footage, Porter chronicles John Robert Lewis’s 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, healthcare reform, and immigration.
Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s film includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and others who figure prominently in his life.
“No Safe Spaces” Poster and Trailer
Directed by Justin Folk, No Safe Spaces appears to be a documentary that reveals how identity politics and the suppression of free speech are spreading into every part of society and threatening to divide America.
No Safe Spaces, starring Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager, is a film with a mission: to expose the growing threat to free speech on American university campuses and throughout the culture at large. Carolla and Prager take the audience on a compelling and entertaining journey across the county to discover why Americans should unite to protect the First Amendment.
In its first month of limited release, No Safe Spaces has shattered expectations in select theaters. It opened at a single screening in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the second-largest box office opening at a single screen after Michael Moore’s Sicko. Since then, it has maintained strong momentum throughout its limited release in spite of several significant movies released at the same time.
“Aquarela” Trailer and Posters
Co-written and directed by Victor Kossakovsky, Aquarela is a documentary about water being the main protagonist. Society sees it as a great and terrible beauty. For example, the Mountains of ice move and break apart as if they are a life form with their own will to survive.
Kossakovsky’s documentary travels the world showing different forms of water. The movie travels from the dangerous frozen waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal and Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma to Venezuela’s majestic Angel Falls to paint a portrait of this fluid life force in all its glorious forms.
The documentary shares the undeniable truth of how fragile humans experience life and death, joy and despair, in the face of its power.
Koosakovsky has endless credits as a documentarian. A couple the stand out are Russian From My Window and Graine de Champion. Aimara Reques co-wrote the documentary with Koosakovsky. Reques is also an actress and producer.
“David Crosby: Remember My Name” Trailer and Poster
Directed by A.J. Eaton, David Crosby: Remember My Name is a documentary produced by filmmaker Cameron Crowe. The movie is a portrait of Crosby in his Golden year with no thought of retirement. The studio is not much is being said about the documentary.
Watching the trailer, you get a sense that Crosby burned bridges and is lonely. He has his wife and land, but he is no longer in touch Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young.
He still goes on tour, performs with ailing health. His wife fears for his overall health as he tours with his band.
Cameron Crowe, a former writer for the Rolling Stone magazine, is in the documentary. Crowe is a celebrated screenwriter and director for such movies at Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, and Say Anything…
“Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles” Poster & Trailer
The documentary is directed by Max Lewkowicz and he brings together some extraordinary talent to discuss the message of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The story, though original, is universal and so timely.
It is one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals and its creative roots in early 1960s New York tells a story of when “tradition” was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations, and religion were evolving into what we have today.
The musical is popular around the world with community and academic theaters. The message that “tradition is changing and we can’t fight it but embrace it” is powerful.