documentary
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Cutie And The Boxer
Ushio Shinohara was a leading light in the avant garde art scene in post war Japan who in 1969 headed out to New York in 1969 to seek his (international) fame and fortune. He quickly established himself in the burgeoning artist colony in Sotho for both his art and his limitless capacity to drink. Three…
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Blood Brother
This is one of those real life stories that you come across now and again that re-affirm your faith in the goodness of (some) human beings. Rocky Braat’s story is especially moving and relates how one very ordinary and regular young American man, who is exceptionally unselfish and wonderfully generous, made a real difference to the…
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DREAMS OF A LIFE
Joyce Carol Vincent was an enigma. A 38 year old British woman of Grenadian & Indian descent who was found dead in her messy bed-sit in a Housing Estate (Projects) located above North London’s busiest Shopping Centre in 2003 by Bailiffs’ who had come to evict her for not paying her rent. She had been…
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
I never ever dreamed of being an astronaut like other little boys, and now I have seen this rather enthralling 2007 documentary about the race to put a man on the moon, I know I would have failed on so many counts. It turns out that these early space pioneers were expected to design their…
