Film

The poster for the documentary On the Divide has a question: What does choice mean without any options? It’s a question that led female filmmakers Maya Cueva and Leah Galant on a seven-year journey to the town of McAllen, Texas, and the last abortion clinic on the U. S.

It's regarded as one of the most violent forms of repression which America uses against its own citizens, certainly the most violent in the U. S.

In 2014, Sergei Loznitsa, one of Ukraine's most prominent filmmakers, directed Maidan, a powerful documentary focusing on the Euromaidan movement of 2013 and 2014 in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. As is well known, the Euromaidan movement has advocated political freedom, civil and human rights, and closer ties with the West (with or without affiliation with NATO).

The American Civil Rights movement is an enormous topic, at once a vital part of the history of the United States and also tremendously difficult to distill for those who didn’t actually live some portion of it, because of age or a different country of origin. Thankfully, in celebration of Black History Month, Eyes on the Prize, the trenchant, 14-hour, two-part, Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning documentary series created and executive produced by Henry Hampton, is receiving a deserved boost in profile.

It was a night of celebration to honor a classic. The red carpet was laid out a few meters from the main movie theater of the Paramount studio, which kicked off its year-long commemoration of The Godfather , considered in many lists of filmmakers and critics as the best film of all time.

In the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, we see how a con man, who goes by the name Simon Leviev, uses the dating app Tinder to trick women into believing that he is the son of the ultra-wealthy diamond tycoon Lev Leviev. It is believed that Simon Leviev has stolen an estimated 10 million dollars over the years from numerous women all over the world.

Larry Peerce directed One Potato, Two Potato, a pioneering indie drama about interracial marriage and its devastating effects on all concerned, especially the young white daughter caught up in a messy situation. The film preceded by three years the more famous Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Stanley Kramer’s Golden Globe nominee (and Oscar winner) starred Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton.

The transportive power of music is given a rich, affecting showcase in The Conductor, a documentary from director Bernadette Wegenstein. It centers on and celebrates the life and work of trailblazer Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major orchestra in the United States.

Directed by Gerald Mayer (nephew of Louis Mayer, powerful head of MGM), Bright Road was a simple, modest, but winningly compelling tale of the impact that one dedicated Black teacher bore on her pupils. The film was adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story, "See How They Run," by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, which was published in the June 1951 issue of the Ladies' Home Journal.