Sentences with phrase «not as a documentary»

Perhaps the best way to approach All These Sleepless Nights, then, is not as documentary or even as drama, but as an abstract feature - length snapshot of youth in transition from the devil - may - care aimlessness of adolescence, to the initial agonized stirrings of adulthood.

Not exact matches

As the party deepens its ability to cultivate «unity of thought» among citizens, «Amazing China» demonstrates the scope of China's propaganda machine, which not only crafted a stirring documentary about China's renaissance under Xi but also helped manufacture an adoring audience for it.

Jersey Standard executives are properly proud of their unique photographic venture as a public service, but sometimes they are not quite sure what the company is getting out of it, times when they wonder if «documentary» pictures of such subjects as tombstones in New Orleans or cockfights in Venezuela are not merely irrelevant.

As he told an interviewer in a 2006 documentary, «The one thing I had learned, I don't know where it came from, was, whatever I did do, I had to win.»

Connor Schell, executive producer of ESPN Films, told reporters on a conference call earlier this week that, when he first discussed the project that became Made in America with the director Edelman more than two years ago, they had no idea to what extent the Simpson trial would reassert itself into American popular culture after two decades — not to mention the surge in popularity of the true crime genre, as seen recently with documentary series like Netflix's Making a Murderer and HBO's The Jinx.

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I don't know if he was referencing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) set up in the Republic of South Africa in 1995 - 1997, but I happened to be reading about that recently as well as watching related documentaries.

If you go to the book of revelations, read a couple documents and study a little in some documentary's you will find out that the translation is corrupt, infact they destroyed for other reasons, BUT in Tobias you will still learn that the old testomant does not approve of homosexuality, also in Leviticus, as well as Romans, and 2nd Corinthians, and a bit more passages, use google, it might help.

He affirms that whilst the universe is «as one would expect» an «intelligent creator to make it» we don't have the evidence for an incontrovertible proof - as per the title of the latest book of another prominent contributor to the documentary: There Almost Certainly Is A God.

Hot Girls Wanted chronicles four young women — this is a documentary, so they're real young women, not figments of someone's imagination — as they seek fame and fortune as porn models, showing their rapid progression from posing for photos in lingerie to participating in hard - core humiliation and bondage videos.

The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the real causes of worldwide starvation; and the problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death in their own countries.

Richard Nixon was particularly vexed that he could not control such documentaries as «The Banks and the Poor,» which revealed how banks» lending policies were increasing people's impoverishment.

I can't be kind about this, because these people are watching The Flintstones as if it were a documentary.»

Different genres of movies portray information differently, and so just as you would not expect accurate history and science to come from a love story, even documentaries, which often do portray accurate history and science, reveal history and science from a particular perspective, carefully selecting material to make a certain point, or tell a certain story.

We've got some amazing speakers and demos lined up, including Roberto Martin, Allyson Kramer, Michael Greger and Heather Nicholds, just to name a few, as well as a Q&A with the director of The Ghosts In Our Machine (an incredible documentary, if you haven't seen it yet).

The documentary also touches on such ABA characters as beefcake forward Wendell Ladner and Marvin (Bad News) Barnes, who once said of a team flight that was to cross into a more westerly time zone and thus arrive earlier than it left, «I'm not getting on any time machine.»

It's a rarity, and the appearances themselves usually aren't much to write home about: the whole idea is that someone like Chyna pops into the Rumble to the surprise of everyone, eliminates another wrestler, and then is eliminated themselves right after the pivotal moment that will later appear on DVDs and documentaries and be pointed to as proof of progress being recorded.

A handful of young children reveal their thoughts in Bay Area filmmaker Ellen Bruno's wonderful documentary, «Split,» which is, at times, heart - wrenching in its honesty although it's clear that parental conflict causes them the most stress, not the divorce per se, and not being able to see their father as much as they'd like.

On the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topic.

It's a reality TV show, not a documentary, so by that very definition it's as much entertainment as it is information.

But that's as far as the documentary goes... it doesn't purport in the least to have any answers.

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

I don't want to mention names but I know that in the coming days if this issue of trying to make sure that governance is a continuum at the request of an incoming government is used to try and tag our government as corrupt, we will have no choice but to provide documentary proof to confirm the fact that this request was made during the transition process by the current government.

It was also gathered that the Committee decided not to extend the invitation to the hotel management as the Ambassador who broke the information through a letter to the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara was expected to have all the documentary evidence against the three accused members.

I Am A Great Manis a hilarious mockumentary that follows idealistic documentary film - maker Sebastian Rake (Baker) as he embarks on a quest to prove that not all politicians are expense - fiddling conmen.

«I don't know how much people would pay for a broken E.T. game, but as a piece of history, it has a different value» Film director Zak Penn talks to Reuters after his documentary team unearthed a stash of the Atari game, E.T., in a landfill site in New Mexico.

IN THIS engaging documentary, we follow Mark Stepanek as he deliberates whether or not to get a radio frequency identification, or RFID, chip implanted in his hand.

However, after Swedish Television aired a series of documentaries raising new allegations about his work, such as operating on patients whose lives were not in danger, KI ordered a new investigation.

I didn't watch the TV documentary «Cowspiracy» as I find TV docos to be sensationalist, generally lacking in objectivity and with little scientific or factual value.

I would also suggest educating yourself regarding the health benefits of a WFPB diet by watching videos on this site, reading Dr. Greger's book «How Not to Die,» and watching documentaries such as «Forks Over Knives» to keep yourself motivated.

Stars who merely exist to walk red carpets in perpetuity all had ample paparazzi coverage at the Nice airport this week, as did everyone who came and went from the afterparty for Sean Combs» documentary: Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story.

This is a woman who not only has the audacity to stand up to Anna Wintour (as we saw more than a few times in the documentary), but also the confidence to rock that billowing cloud of I - don't - care - what - you - think red hair within the halls of Vogue — where the word «critical» is likely an understatement.

Questlove has become the go - to guy for pop - music perspective in music documentaries for a reason he proves once again here: He brings a musician's knowledge of why a piece of music is special (his analysis here of «Don't Stop «Til You Get Enough» is a mini-music class) as well as a fan's appreciation for what that music meant to millions of ordinary people — how Jackson's music during this era not only defined the time, but made the world a better place simply by its existence.

Not surprisingly, The Walk touches many of the same moments as Man on Wire, the excellent 2008 film that won the best documentary Oscar for that year.

As Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana's astoundingly rich and resonant music documentary makes abundantly clear, American popular music — and the history of rock and roll itself — wouldn't be the same without the contributions of Native American performers.

Had Amy Winehouse not been a briefly famous musician — had she been an architect or a teacher or even a woman who mopped floors — the documentary Amy might have been nearly as compelling.

I think even if you are not a science enthusiast or someone who devourers Documentaries as food, you WILL STILL LOVE THIS FILM!!

The two documentaries included as special features are nice enough in an HBO Special Presentation kind of way (and are worth watching for the skinny Hirsch footage alone), but they're relatively lightweight and not nearly enough to satiate those for whom this film has become an obsession.

Veteran filmmaker Barak Goodman persuasively replies to that query in his somber, thorough «Oklahoma City,» a chilling documentary that firmly positions McVeigh not as some delusional loner but rather as a product of a far - right subculture that looked on the U.S. federal government as one of the most dangerous forces on the face of the Earth.

Among the one hundred sixty - eight dead were children, some of whose bodies we see on the screen, their deaths justified by McVeigh as «collateral damage» (not mentioned in the documentary).

The documentary does not make a very compelling case, however, as many of these politicians are conservative Republicans who are probably simply pandering to their voter bases.

Racing Extinction's title hints at the momentum the documentary is trying to achieve, as well as the fate that awaits us if we do not act.

So this is not, as vaunted, a documentary about a film destroyed by temperaments and tizzies.

Foreign - language films and documentaries are Kino Lorber's twin specialties, though this year it also released a trio of British dramas (which doesn't quite count as a foreign - language) from director Joanna Hogg: Archipelago, Unrelated, and Exhibition.

Curtis's movie is loosely based on the historical truths of the time, but it isn't meant as a documentary, a rockumentary, or even a docucomedy.

Unlike other documentaries, Wiseman's work does not progress chronologically; rather, the segments are arranged thematically, like an essay, and are linked via rhetorical devices such as comparison and contrast to create a patterned structure.

But he's also improbably directed 25 features and documentaries, not counting TV episodes and shorts, and I think I'm the only dummy on Earth who's sat through most of them — Child of God, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying and almost two dozen others you've never heard of — before they've disappeared from the face of the Earth.

Unfolding as a series of tests in 1958 as NASA prepared for Project Mercury, the experiments on the eponymous 13 women have received far less exposure than the stories surrounding the NASA excursions themselves, but this straightforward, informative documentary provides an efficient historical revision, arguing that the bracing stories of the first men to enter space aren't complete without an acknowledgement of the women stuck on Earth.

The documentary, which originally aired on television, is a fascinating account of not only the Watergate investigation, but the making of the film as well, and is highlighted by its exhaustive research and bizarre archival footage of Nixon.

Still, there's no denying the wonders that can be found in many elements of March of the Penguins, even if they, combined, aren't able to match the grandness of 2003's Winged Migration, as far as big - screen nature - documentaries go.