biography
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JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
At the beginning of this documentary on his life Jiro, a Japanese octogenarian chef, lectures that you must fall in love with your job. And in fact this is the tale of an extraordinary love affair between him and his endless quest of making the finest sushi ever. From his small unassuming basement restaurant ‘Sukiyabashi…
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Al Wei Wei : Never Sorry
I got totally swept away with this stunning uplifting movie about the genius who is the celebrated Chinese artist and political activist. Filmmaker Alison Klayman’s debut feature documentary chronicled his life for 3 years starting with his role as a Consultant to Herzog the architects as they constructed the ‘Birds Nest’ Olympic Stadium, and then he immediately infuriated the…
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Queerguru reviews ABOUT FACE about the very first super models
Bethann Hardison is an African American who was a very successful NY showroom model for years in the 1960s but it wasn’t until she appeared in her first TV commercial that her mother actually saw her work, and she was totally shocked. In those early days the word ‘model’ was often a pseudonym for a…
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VITO
Vito Russo was an extraordinary man. A discerning cineaste and movie historian, an avid gay activist and a leading Aids activist : my kind of hero! In filmmaker Jeffery Schwarz’s awe-inspiring new documentary on Russo’s action-packed short life we can see the full extent of this remarkable man’s leadership and involvement in gay rights, his…
