Tag: Documentary

Fyre Festival documentaries highlight wrongdoings

Photo courtesy of Fyre Fraud, Wikipedia “Fyre Festival” is back in the news as two documentaries, “Fyre” on Netflix and “Fyre Fraud” on Hulu, explore what went wrong when it came to creating the greatest music festival failure in history. The festival was set to take place over two weekends […]

American Meme looks at social media influencers

Photo courtesy of Meghan Roberts, Wikipedia “The American Meme,” a documentary initially released in April and recently put on Netflix, takes on four different major personalities: Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky. It also offers insight into the transgressive world of being an influencer and public figure […]

Hip Hop Evolution’s new season gets into more history

Photo courtesy of Shad, Facebook This past Friday, “Hip-Hop Evolution” was released for a second season on Netflix. The season includes four episodes that continue to take the audience through the history of hip-hop. The documentary series followed the host Shad Kabango as he learned legendary artists’ stories.  The first […]

Michael Moore documentary goes after Trump

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons It was only a matter of time until Michael Moore made a film in the era of Donald Trump. “Fahrenheit 11/9” is a title that’s an homage to arguably Moore’s best film, “Fahrenheit 9/11.” “Fahrenheit 11/9” has a great deal of anti-Trump footage that’s monotonous and […]

Werner Herzog’s Documentary is a Slow Burn

Photo courtesy of Nicolas Genin, Wikipedia Werner Herzog returns to the realm of documentary filmmaking with his latest movie, “Into the Inferno,” which is also his first Netflix exclusive. In the film, the acclaimed filmmaker Herzog grapples with the natural anomaly of volcanoes, delving into what they are, how they […]