#‘Joonam’ Review:  A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity

#‘Joonam’ Review: A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity

‘Joonam’ Review: A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity Sierra Urich has a documentary-ready family history, with changes rippling through the generations. Her mother, Mitra, left Iran for college in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1979, just months before the Islamic revolution deposed the Shah and put the Ayatollah Khomeini in power. Mitra’s mother, Behjat, had to…

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#‘Villeneuve Pironi’ Director on How the Formula 1 Racing Doc Tells a “Story of Two Families Rather Than Just Two Men”

#‘Villeneuve Pironi’ Director on How the Formula 1 Racing Doc Tells a “Story of Two Families Rather Than Just Two Men”

‘Villeneuve Pironi’ Director on How the Formula 1 Racing Doc Tells a “Story of Two Families Rather Than Just Two Men” For Villeneuve Pironi director Torquil Jones, capturing the stories of sports legends and those who live on the edge is standard practice. In the last half-decade, the filmmaker has been behind stories about Nepali…

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#Alex Gibney on the State of Investigative Documentaries and the Stories That Are Currently “Difficult to Get Made” 

#Alex Gibney on the State of Investigative Documentaries and the Stories That Are Currently “Difficult to Get Made” 

Alex Gibney on the State of Investigative Documentaries and the Stories That Are Currently “Difficult to Get Made”  With an Academy Award under his belt and a production company that routinely works with top distributors, Alex Gibney is one of the privileged few name brands in documentary film. After helming a long list of films…

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#My dad married my 12-year-old ‘moms’

#My dad married my 12-year-old ‘moms’

“My dad married my 12-year-old ‘moms’” One of the many sons of convicted child rapist and polygamist church leader Warren Jeffs is speaking out about his time with his “manipulative” father — and how he is “blazing” a new path for himself, which includes a significant name change. Wendell Jeffson, 21, was raised on a…

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#New ‘Britney vs Spears’ doc on Netflix: The wildest revelations

#New ‘Britney vs Spears’ doc on Netflix: The wildest revelations

“#New ‘Britney vs Spears’ doc on Netflix: The wildest revelations” The #FreeBritney plot thickens.  Out Tuesday, the new Netflix documentary “Britney vs Spears” sheds new light on the “Toxic” pop icon’s ongoing fight for freedom.  Britney Spears, 39, has been living under a conservatorship since 2008. The “Circus” headliner hasn’t had control over her financial or…

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