Let me make a very strong statement: As a citizen in a democratic country you have the civic duty to see Citizenfour. We need to have a extensive debate how far we want to allow governments collect data on everything we do in the name of helping to prevent some terrorist attack.
I learned about this documentary in the wake of a sad event: Its maker, Malik Bendjelloul, committed suicide two days ago. The film won the Oscar for best documentary in 2012.
On the occasion on his 95th birthday (23. December 1918), German public television produced and televised a docudrama of the life of the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
It would be inappropriate to call Waiting for Superman a documentary about the causes of America’s failing schools. Think of it as a promotional film to get you to join the movement to demand changes to American schools. And what a promotional film it is
Paula Schargorodsky make this interesting 7-minute film about what it means to be a woman and 35 and still married. It will be very interesting to see her make another film like this in 30 years.
We all know the dynamics of our immediate family. But unless we spent a lot of time—let’s say at the house of our best friend—we know very little about whether what happens in our family is typical or quite different from what happens in most other families.