Vivo, the animated musical about a singing kinkajou (or honey bear) is cute and fun. The music is Cuban or Cuban rap, and the animations are bright and funny. This cheerful quest story is streaming on Netflix.
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Review: This Changes Everything
I know you’ve seen the statistics from This Changes Everything about the percentage of women in front of and behind the camera before. But This Changes Everything takes you inside the story. It lets in you in on the struggle to count the data, check the boxes, and fight the fight.
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Available later this year only on Netflix will be Liz Garbus’ documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? about the life of singer Nina Simone. Here’s the publicity blurb about the film.
Classically trained pianist, black power icon and legendary recording artist, Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius, and tortured melancholy. In the upcoming Netflix original documentary, Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus interweaves never-before-heard recordings and rare archival footage together with Nina’s most memorable songs, creating an unforgettable portrait of one of the least understood, yet most beloved artists of our time.
There’s another film about Nina Simone in the works – a biopic starring Zoe Saldana. This Netflix documentary will show Nina singing her own songs and shouldn’t be confused with the other film.
The two films will bring the attention of young people who might not be familiar with Nina Simone into her fandom. It seems to be the moment to rediscover the wonderful talents of the singer who died at age 70 in 2003.
Here’s the official trailer for the documentary.
Learn more about the film and about Nina Simone at ninasimone.com.