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WAKE AT GENERATION

“Wake At Generation” is an unreleased 1968 concert film from D.A. Pennebaker. The footage here is blurry but the sound is worth a listen. The concert, at the Generation Club on 8th Street in New York City, featured Richie Havens,…

Celia Maysles, Shut Out by Uncle Albert, Finds Her Father in the ‘Wild Blue Yonder’

By Gregory Crofton Celia Maysles wanted to get to know her Dad. She opened the door of his beige Mercedes and sat behind the wheel. “I like this car,” she said with a smile. Later on the subway she wears…

‘Gods of Mexico’ Revitalizes with Its Beauty and Pace

By Kate Myers “Gods of Mexico” is a mesmerizing look at modern life lived primitively. The pace of the movie captures the stretched out time it takes to do hard work with basic tools. Far from being boring, the pace…

Luther Vandross Worked His Way to the Top of R&B, Taking it Mainstream

By Gregory Crofton A packed house at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville lit up “Luther: Never Too Much” bringing emotion and joy to a screening on a recent Sunday evening of the new documentary directed by Dawn Porter. Audience members…

Attorney Fights Nursing Homes that Put Profit Over Care

By Gregory Crofton Profit shouldn’t be priority when caring for older people, but that’s a reality and it’s producing “systemic negligence” throughout the nursing home industry. Running a long-term care facility, or nursing home, as a for-profit corporate-owned business can…

‘ZEF: The Story of Die Antwoord’ is DEF

By Gregory Crofton Jon Day, best known for his music video work, spent five years making a documentary on Die Antwoord, the viciously good South African cheetahs of art rap. Roger Ballen, a photographer whose had a massive influence rap…

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