Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 85/100 "Memories catch up as a girl visits a ravaged port city." This documentary short is the closest thing to poetry I have ever seen on screen. How can something so devastating be … Continue reading.
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Finding Yingying
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 80/100 I could see myself in Yingying Zhang’s story. I came to the US to study as well. I came here looking for a better future and aware of the financial and emotional … Continue reading.
Softie
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 95/100 Documentaries like this one remind me why I do what I do (in my day job I work on public policy and policy development). This documentary tells the story of Boniface Mwangi … Continue reading.
Mr. Soul!
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 90/100 Mr. SOUL! is a remarkable documentary. It tells the us the story of a variety program and its host Ellis Haizlip, an openly gay Black man, during the late 1960s early 1970s. … Continue reading.
Nasrin
Written by Alina Faulds 86/100 Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human rights lawyer fighting for marginalized people in Iran. A strong proponent of civil rights, Sotoudeh has represented countless people in her country including Baháʼís, a religious minority in Iran, children … Continue reading.