Be Water: a dull and over-long biography of global pop culture icon Bruce Lee
Bao Nguyen, “Be Water” (2020) A stolid documentary, Bao Nguyen’s visual biography of global pop culture icon Bruce Lee is a conventional retelling of his life,…
Documentaries
A plot to take down Russian political activist in “Navalny: Fake Poisoning (Part 1: The Patient)” is unravelled
“Navalny: Fake Poisoning (Part 1: The Patient)” (Soloviev LIVE / Vesti News, 24 August 2021) Presented by Alexander Sosnovsky and Sergei Karnaukhov, this very smooth and…
Becoming Bond: an affable light comedy biography of one-time James Bond actor
Josh Greenbaum, “Becoming Bond” (2017) Part-fictional comedy re-enactment, part-biography, this is a very affable review of Australian actor George Lazenby’s early life up to and including…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, South African Films
Chinese Doctors Changing Africa’s Healthcare: the challenges of working in impoverished and alien environments
“China / Africa Big Business (Episode 4: Doctors for Africa)” (ENDEVR, 2013) A very good episode in the “China / Africa Big Business” series from the…
Latin American Films (non-Spanish / non-Portuguese)
How is US pop culture used against Venezuela? – a punchy sketch of US propaganda in action
Ricardo Vaz, Joshua Wilson, Mayra Soto, “How is US pop culture used against Venezuela?” (Tatuy TV / Venezuelanalysis, 21 June 2021) At less than five minutes…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Combating terrorist infiltration and brainwashig in “The War in the Shadows: Challenges of Fighting Terrorism in Xinjiang”
“The War in the Shadows: Challenges of Fighting Terrorism in Xinjiang” (China Global Television Network, 2021) Part of a series of documentaries produced by China Global…
Life in the Day of Aliya Mustafina: a beautifully made if insubstantial short documentary
Glen MacKay, “Life in the Day of Aliya Mustafina” (2020) Since 2009 when she joined the Russian senior national women’s gymnastics team, Aliya Mustafina has become…
Ask The Experts (Covid-19 Vaccine): over 30 medical experts warn of the dangers of Covid-19 vaccines
“Ask The Experts (Covid-19 Vaccine)” (Oracle Films, 7 December 2020) Banned on Facebook and Youtube, this film features over thirty doctors plus a nurse, a pharmacist,…
Breaking an individual to intimidate others in “Not In Our Name: The Psychological Torture of Julian Assange”
John Furse, “Not In Our Name: The Psychological Torture of Julian Assange” (July 2020) Making good use of archived video material and photographs, current news reels…
Korean Films, North American Films
The Mythical North Korean Threat: how the US exploits North-South Korean tensions for its own benefit
Carlton Meyer, “The Mythical North Korean Threat” (Tales of the American Empire, 26 June 2020) Amazingly in this admittedly short (eight-minute) video there’s no mention of…