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May 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Pulitzer at 100: Film
The Pulitzer at 100 Director: Kirk Simon Marblemen Productions/Simon + Film Released last year to coincide with the anniversary, The Pulitzer at 100, is an independent look at the prestigious prize – in all its variations – and though you could claim it (almost) as some sort of hagiography, gushing over its subject and its […]Archive
May 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
This Is Everything – Gigi Gorgeous: Film
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Director: Barbara Kopple SelectNext Gregory Lazzarato was any young Canadian boy – a gifted diver on track for Olympic Games consideration. He also loved make-up and growing up in the age of YouTube found himself as a beauty and fashion vlogger with a growing fanbase connected to a YouTube channel. […]Archive
May 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Maya Angelou And Still I Rise: Film
Maya Angelou And Still I Rise Directors: Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack An American Masters presentation/Poet’s Poet Media Group/WNET/ITVS Poet, essayist, memoirist, dancer, singer, storyteller, campaigner, protester, advocate, actor, the great Maya Angelou was an inspiration to many – and towering presence in African-American literature and culture. As a political totem for race and […]Archive
May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Hello I Am David!: Film
Hello I Am David! Director: Cosima Lange Basis berlin Filmproduktion/Beleza Film For so many people, the introduction to David Helfgott was the movie Shine – in retrospect, if not at that time, that film seems to be more about Geoffrey Rush’s performance than the actual story of Helfgott, Australian pianist who rebuilt his career after […]Archive
May 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Norman Lear – Just Another Version of You: Film
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Directors: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Loki Films/Thirteen/WNET He’s 93 and sharp as anything – and what a life of impact – Norman Lear is one of the greatest minds to have ever worked in television. A showrunner for so many big-deal TV shows in America in the […]Archive
May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Sound of Her Guitar: Film
The Sound of Her Guitar Director: Bill Morris Wild Islands Media I’ve enjoyed some of Donna Dean’s music but I really enjoyed this version of her life story, a documentary about her travel through America, her early life in New Zealand, the redemptive power of the country music she sought out as both means to […]Archive
May 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman