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By Gregory Crofton Director Jason Pollock (Stranger Fruit) is back with another documentary that investigates the sudden death, and probable murder, of a young Black man. The 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a high school gym, his body…
By Jonathon Norcross Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage is the first installment in HBO’s freshly launched Music Box docuseries. Executive produced by Bill Simmons, the creator of ESPN’s wildly successful 30 for 30 series, Music Box aims to do…
By Gregory Crofton Director Morgan Neville (40 Feet from Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) was on a mission with this film to help the world deal with the sudden death of chef, author and television star Anthony Bourdain at…
By Gregory Crofton “I notice that when people are joking they are usually dead serious, and when they’re dead serious it’s usually pretty funny,” says lead singer Jim Morrison in the “The Doors – When You’re Strange,” a documentary from…
By Gregory Crofton What in the world was it like to be Diego Maradona? Director Asif Kapadia, a pioneer of archival documentary cinema, gives us a real sense of how life got so fast for Maradona, a young man who…
By Gregory Crofton What better time to explore the origins of the NFL than the days before Super Bowl 55? Director Ken Rodgers (“The Two Bills,” “Elway to Marino”) has done just that with “Al Davis vs. The NFL” set…
