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Documentary
‘Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe’ Peeks Behind The Curtain Of A Modern Movement
Documentaries about subcultures are usually fun because they give the viewer a glimpse into a world that they might otherwise have never even known existed. The new film from Jon Manning, Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe does just that, and does it in a way that is both informative and entertaining. Burlesque: […]
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Preaches To The Converted, But It’s A Message That Needs To Be Heard
As both a black man and a homosexual, writer James Baldwin’s work usually dealt with social injustice and inequality on some level. When he died in 1987, he left behind an unfinished manuscript for a book called Remember This House that detailed his own memories of the civil rights struggle of the sixties. This manuscript […]
‘Command And Control’ Tells The Story Of A Nuclear Near-Miss
On September 18, 1980, a technician at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, dropped a tool that punctured the side of a missile, spraying rocket fuel into the silo. That may sound like a minor mishap, but the fact that the missile contained a nuclear warhead that was 600 times more powerful than […]
‘The Hurt Business’ Shows The Bloody And Beaten Face Of Mixed Martial Arts…And Its Fighters
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA for short, is the fastest growing sport in the United States today. Combining the flash of professional wrestling with the brutality of boxing, MMA draws thousands to live events and sells millions of pay-per-view orders. MMA is also the subject of a new documentary from Vlad Yudin (who also made […]
