Tag: documentary
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My Mom Jayne is a beautiful documentary
My Mom Jayne is a tender, loving exploration by Mariska Hargitay into her famous mother Jayne Mansfield’s life and relationships. Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident when Mariska was only three. Jayne was 34.
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Sally, Sally Ride’s historic and iconic life
Sally, a biopic about astronaut Sally Ride, tells her story in the normal biopic documentary style using archival footage, photos, interviews, and some actor reenactments. It focuses on the part of her life that stayed hidden from the public until her death, namely the information that she was a lesbian.
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Call Her Alex, feminism rises to the top
Call Her Alex is a two part documentary telling Alexandra Cooper’s story from childhood through her rise to success at the head of the very popular podcast Call Her Daddy.
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They Shot the Piano Player review, an animated documentary
They Shot the Piano Player tells the story of what happened to musician Tenório Jr. It’s an animated documentary featuring the voice of Jeff Goldblum as writer Jeff Harris. Harris wrote about music, in particular how the Bossa Nova sound that came out of Brazil in the 1960s and 70s changed music.
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Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All
Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All is a documentary as unique as the Indigo Girls themselves. It uses lots of saved movies and photos belonging to the Indigo Girls as well as interviews and concert footage to tell the story of their career and growth as musicians and as people.
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Daughters review: pack some tissues for this one
Daughters, from directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, is a documentary covering several years of a story about incarcerated fathers and a program in a Washington D.C. jail that let them be together with their daughters for a dance.
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Simone Biles: Rising gets personal with the GOAT
Simone Biles: Rising from director Katie Walsh takes a look at the gymnastics icon. The documentary series explores her life, her training, her career, and her challenges. She is accepted as the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) in her sport for good reason.
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The Girls in the Band review, and my introduction to a women’s film site
The Girls in the Band was the first film I picked to watch on a new site I just learned about. I’ll get to the film in a bit, but first I want to mention Herflix. The site is full of material by and for women. It’s free to join and there are free films…
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV featured a group of journalists and investigators who exposed some of the abuse faced by child actors who worked at Nickelodeon and Disney in the 1980s to early 2000s. Only a few actors were willing to appear on camera, and the exposé felt incomplete. But it…
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You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment is a 4 part documentary detailing an experiment with 20+ sets of identical twins. In an 8 week experiment, the twins ate different diets – one vegan, one omnivore. They did all sorts of tests and exercises and took a look at the end to see what…