Category Archives: documentary

Al Green – Searching his Soul in Gospel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

I am using these days of vacation to catch back with a huge log of reading books and seeing films accumulated during the year. I will of course be able to clear up only a fraction of them. Among these … Continue reading →

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Themerson & Themerson

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

I knew nothing about Stefan and Franciszka Themerson before seeing the documentary directed by Wiktoria Szymanska on ARTE TV. The film starts by filming the couple of artists – he was a writer, a composer and a film maker, she … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Waste Land (2010)

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin

In one of the several memorable sequences in ‘Waste Land’ world famous artist Vik Muniz teaches his audiences about looking at art in a museum. People tend, he tells them, to get closer to the painting, then farther, then closer, … Continue reading →

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Serge Gainsbourg at Casino de Paris

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

I have written a few weeks ago about Joann Sfar’s film Gainsbourg (Vie Eroique) which I liked a lot. The Arte TV culture channel broadcast several segments dedicated to Gainsbourg 20 years after his death (on March 2, 1991). One … Continue reading →

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An Oscar for ‘Stangers No More’

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

The Oscar goes to … ‘Strangers No More’ for the Best Documentary Short Subject – a film about a very special school in Tel Aviv, a school that gathers children from 48 countries whose parents are foreign workers in Israel. … Continue reading →

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Albert Kahn’s World

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

I have spent part of this weekend watching the first episodes of the BBC series The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn – http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/ which tells the story of an extraordinary character and of a collection of photographs that keep the … Continue reading →

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Documentary – The Jewish Americans (PBS – 2008)

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

David Grubin‘s documentary about the history of the Jews in America made in 2008 for PBS was broadcast in Israel in six one-hour installments rather than the three series original format presented to the American public. It makes for a … Continue reading →

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Documentar: The British Blues Explosion

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

Imi plac programele de vara ale canalului franco-german de televiziune ARTE. Este acolo cineva in directia de programe care are aceleasi gusturi muzicale ca mine, care este fascinat de perioada muzicala a anilor 60, cea in care mi-am format gustul … Continue reading →

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Two Jewish Americans

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

I am watching the PBS documentary series The Jewish Americans which is for me a fascinating look into the complex history of the Jewish community in the United States, with all the fights for survival, the identity dilemmas, the achievements … Continue reading →

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Documentary: How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (2009)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin

Veteran documentary director Leslie Woodhead filmed on the British pop scene since the 60s. He starts ‘How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin’ by telling how he filmed the four boys in Liverpool in 1962. He did not stop here, catching … Continue reading →

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