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A new documentary about the 2021 attack on Congress is is being produced for release on Prime Video (trailer below). “The Sixth” recounts the experiences of six people who were at the Capitol that day. Based on the trailer, it seems to focus on two or...
by AChris
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 07:45 AM PDT
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This is a newsreel social and political silent documentary, one of the first ever made in the United States, produced by a leftist and communist cinema collective known as The Film and Photo League. Members would film protests and social movements...
by VPSReports
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 12:32 AM PDT
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Well apparently documentary film producer Jenner Furst has spent actual money to make a movie about George Santos. One can only hope that it would be a comedy, but I fear it will be a telling of his life and lies. Personally, I lived thru it and no...
by LimitReached
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 10:19 AM PST
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A very impressive documentary covering several aspects not only of trump but of his appeal on people.. Add to that 5 or 6 psychological PHD analyzing him and his “technics”… Some historian psy showing relevance to history… And some humanists reflecting...
by CantSpell
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 07:54 AM PDT
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The movie 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture is currently making the rounds of film festivals where it has won a slew of awards. In 1946 the word ’homosexual’ first appeared in the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the American Bible, the...
by NHBred
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on Fri Aug 25, 2023 at 10:54 AM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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One of the most important documentaries about the USA 2020 elections is not (yet) available in the USA. Funny right? But there is a trick on how to watch “A Storm Foretold” even though its not (yet) available. This documentary helps the audience get an...
by lvn
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on Mon Aug 21, 2023 at 08:48 AM PDT
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RICO-indicted co-conspirator Rudy Giuliani’s name comes up in a new lawsuit filed by sibling farmers who say he profited off of a scheme that fleeced them for a cool $1 million. According to “ ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 04:55 PM PDT
with 161 Recommends
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Vice put together an in-depth documentary exploring DeSantis' time at Guantanamo Bay — but Showtime suddenly shelved the documentary one day after DeSantis declared for president, according to The Daily Beast. Before Showtime pulled the piece, a...
by DanGriffin
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on Tue Jul 25, 2023 at 07:20 AM PDT
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hoping to win the presidency by positioning himself as Donald Trump without the feral, off-putting personality. Or any personality, really. Does a subtly pained facial expression brought on by six days without a bowel...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Thu Jul 20, 2023 at 11:37 AM PDT
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Today I felt like I had a balanced day. I published another journal (other than this one), I planted some pigeon pea trees with my friends in one of their backyards, I secured a job at dollar general (I need something easy while I study for my...
by Rachel Brown
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on Fri May 12, 2023 at 08:56 AM PDT
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Kings and Generals is one of the best YouTube channels for military history, featuring well animated maps and attempting to credit units and commanders for their roles. They have just released a half-hour video of their first major report from Ukraine,...
by mattakar
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on Tue Jan 24, 2023 at 05:42 PM PST
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Jerry Falwell Jr.’s fall from grace was, like everything else over the last five or so years, predictably trite. The son of Jerry Falwell Sr., Junior stepped into his father’s camel-sized shoes and used his father’s political connections to promote the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Oct 14, 2022 at 09:37 AM PDT
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You know things are bad when your family calls you out publicly. But the Walt Disney Co. has long had an issue with being in tune with the audiences it plays to. From offensive and racist stereotypical characters, like the Crows in Dumbo, to the...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Fri Sep 30, 2022 at 07:42 AM PDT
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Roger Stone—the guy who kisses former President Donald Trump’s ass at every turn, has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back, and takes his style cues from Judge Doom of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? fame—now claims documentary footage of him isn’t actually...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Tue Sep 27, 2022 at 11:55 AM PDT
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📌 from TheConversation Although voters age 18-29 have historically been the least likely age-cohort to vote, 78% of them favor legal abortion and 69% disapprove of Dobbs, compared to roughly 62% of Americans generally (according to Pew). This...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Jul 16, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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“I feel like something’s been lifted off of my shoulders.” Finally speaking his truth, Olympic legend Sir Mohamed “Mo" Farah shared that he was taken from his family and trafficked to the U.K. at the age of 9 in BBC’s upcoming documentary, The Real Mo...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Tue Jul 12, 2022 at 01:29 PM PDT
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The House select committee investigating events around the Jan. 6 insurrection has issued a subpoena to documentary filmmaker Alex Holder. The subpoena, first noted by Politico, reveals that Holder and his crew were apparently given broad access to...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Jun 21, 2022 at 05:52 AM PDT
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Here in the United States (and, really, globally) there are plenty of LGBTQ+ people and allies who are religious. This might sound surprising as religion can be harmful, oppressive, and isolating for queer people, but it can also be a space of...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Dec 08, 2021 at 11:09 AM PST
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— Must See. Find it. Watch it. Pass it on. These Republicans are worried about Trump's attempted coup 2.0 Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN — Nov 5, 2021 (CNN) — CNN's Jake Tapper uncovers the planning and motivations behind the January 6 insurrection...
by jamess
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on Sat Nov 06, 2021 at 08:22 AM PDT
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The Social Dilemma is a documentary well worth watching for insights provided from elite tech insiders. Mark and Jack don’t talk, but there are plenty of appearances from tech experts with detailed knowledge of social media technology and business. I...
by greenandblue
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on Sun Sep 26, 2021 at 08:23 AM PDT
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