What makes a religion? Do all worldviews have the same validity? How are we to judge? Those are all worthy questions for consideration. I had hopes that I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story would provide some insight to those issues, but in the end I was disappointed. This rather brief film (56 minutes) centers… [Read More]
Suzi Q – A Rock Trailblazer
Suzi Quatro is for some a rock and roll icon. She was one of the first women in rock to play bass and be the front person. Before Deborah Harry or Joan Jett (both of whom we hear from), there was Suzi. But at least in North America, her fame is a bit tempered. Suzi… [Read More]
Return to Hardwick – A Slice of History
The 93rd Bomber Group was a highly decorated American fighting unit in the Second World War. In Return to Hardwick we revisit a bit of the unit’s history. Hardwick Aerodrome 104, in England’s East Anglia, was an active airfield from which B-24 bombers would set out on (and hopefully return from) dangerous missions over Germany…. [Read More]
Love and Stuff: Motherhood and Mortality
Directed by Judith Helfand, Love and Stuff is chock-full of substance, and despite the numerous topics that it covers, everything is perfectly intertwined. Love and Stuff comes down to one word – motherhood. Complex and emotional, Helfand’s film looks at what it means to have a mother, become a mother, and have those realities stripped of… [Read More]
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
“How can it be that a white British woman knows more about Mexican cooking that anyone else?” Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy is the story of a passion. When a British woman found her way to Mexico in 1957, she discovered a love for the food and the culture. For the past six decades, Diana Kennedy… [Read More]
A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps
“All this will not be finished, but let us begin.” (John F. Kennedy) For nearly 60 years, Americans have volunteered to go to other countries to build communities and form bonds through the Peace Corps. A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps, directed by Alana DeJoseph, herself a Returned Peace Corp Volunteer, traces… [Read More]
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández – A Story to Remember
Corridos are Mexican folk ballads. Sometimes those ballads are used to relate history that is deemed important. The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández is essentially a film corrido that recalls the 1997 shooting of an 18 year old high school student on the US-Mexico border by US Marines. The Emmy-nominated film, directed by Kieran Fitzgerald and… [Read More]
1on1 with Cedric Yarbrough (RENO 911!)
Sound the alarm! It’s finally time to go back to Reno. Airing on Comedy Central from 2003-2009, Reno 911! focused the camera on the behind-the-scenes world of the fictitious, massively inept Reno Sheriff’s Department in Nevada. Featuring an incredible cast that helped cement the careers of stars such as Cedric Yarbrough (Speechless), Niecy Nash (Claws), Joe Lo Truglio… [Read More]
The Booksellers: Values Beyond Price
There’s something about the smell of a used bookstore that just makes me happy. That smell was missing from The Booksellers, but watching this documentary about antiquarian book stores in New York City and book collectors was an enjoyable experience in many other ways. Director D. W. Young takes us into this world of books… [Read More]
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
“What we saw at that camp was that life could be better.” Perhaps the main theme of the Netflix documentary Crip Camp comes near the beginning as we see film of teenaged disabled campers in 1971 while hearing Richie Havens singing the word “freedom” over and over from “Motherless Child”. For these campers, their time… [Read More]
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