Paul Taylor Creative Domain
Paul Taylor is considered one of the most highly respected choreographers in the world today, and this documentary guides us through one of his works in progress.
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The Winding Stream
This documentary about a landmark family’s contributions to American music shows the Carter and Cash clans with a long, colorful history, albeit with their share of joy and heartache.
(T)Error
(T)ERROR is a troubling documentary about the FBI’s use of paid informants to identify individuals who might be terrorists. Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe writers and directors, follow an informant during his work with three “persons of interest” (POI). Lyric had known Saeed (aka “Shariff”) since her childhood, when he suddenly disappeared from
He Named Me Malala
In a bit of irony, the documentary by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) opens with a Pashtun story about a girl named ‘Malala’ (or ‘brave’) because she bravely intervened during a war. Zianddin, the father in this film, named his daughter that without of course realizing that she would be compelled
The Wolfpack
<p>The idea behind The Wolfpack started one day when filmmaker Crystal Moselle (Skate Kitchen) was walking down First Avenue in Manhattan when a group of six longhaired boys ran past her. Curious, she caught up with them and got them to talking about their lives. That is when she learned that they were from a
Amy
Amy is a fine documentary by the BAFTA award-winning filmmaker, Asif Kapadia (Senna, The Warrior), chronicling the underbelly of fame in the contemporary world for those with unfillable needs and fragile constitutions. It is alternately sad, funny, entertaining, and ironic; sad and ironic in that from the time when she was very young, she admonished
Ballet 422
Ballet 422 is a documentary showing a young dancer, Justin Peck, choreographing his third ballet, coaching the dancers on what he wants, and engaging with sets and lighting, music, and costume crew. If one enjoys the ballet, but does not know much about how a work is produced, the documentary, directed by Jody Lee Lipes,
Deli Man
This documentary by Erik Anjou is a charming and entertaining history of delicatessens in the U.S., their association with the Jewish culture, and the current state of affairs for delis. Prominent in the presentation is third generation deli owner, David “Ziggy” Gruber, who went to Houston, Texas, in 1999 with his friends to open Kenny