#documdrama

[infactforgetthepark]

[Free Audiobooks] Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers & You Can't Say That!: Writers For Young People Talk About Censorship etc. [Award-Winning 1970s History Drama & YA Storyteller Interviews]

The annual SYNC Summer of Listening program encouraging literacy among teens by giving away a themed weekly pair of audiobooks—1 modern or non-fiction, 1 classic or drama—returns for another year, courtesy of sponsor AudioFile Magazine and participating publishers.

This 1st week's theme is “Freedom to Know”, with works focusing on the importance of access to information and freedom of expression, and obstacles placed in their way, available from Thursday April 27th through Wednesday May 3rd:

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers by Geoffrey Cowan, a professor at the University of Southern California, & the late Leroy Aarons, a journalist at the Washington Post who reported on the original story, read by a full cast from L. A. Theatre Works. This is an historical docudrama, recorded from a performance in front of a live audience, about The Washington Post newspaper's struggle with U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration over the publication of the Pentagon Papers, documents detailing the extent of the government's actions in the Vietnam War, previously unknown to the public. The audiobook recording for this was a winner of the Earphones Award, and the play itself won the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Gold Award.

You Can't Say That!!: Writers for Young People Talk about Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus, read by an assorted cast from Brilliance Audio/Candlewick. This audiobook uses actors to reenact interviews between the editor and 13 writers of controversial books for kids and young adults, including notable authors of prize-winning vintage and modern YA classics like Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia) and Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) and bestsellers such as David Levithan.

The freebies are available via Overdrive's Sora service (listenable via browser on their website, or via their mobile app for iOS & Android devices).

To claim them, you'll need to register on the SYNC website with a valid email address to use in a Sora account, using the setup code and directions in the instructions in SYNC's FAQ (no need to re-register if you've participated in previous years' giveaways), clicking “Borrow” to add them to your Sora library as a permanent loan. NB: if you need to free up space on your device later, follow the instructions in the FAQ to only “delete files” and DO NOT “Return” the title, which would remove your future access.

Offered worldwide through Wednesday May 3rd until just before midnight Eastern Time, available via the Sora website and app. You can also browse AudioFile Magazine's planned season list to see what will be offered in the weeks ahead and if there's anything you'd especially like to get.

#free audiobook #pentagon papers #vietnam war #interviews #young adult #history #storytelling #censorship #nixon administration #theatre #documdrama

[midi-wizard]

I watched James Benning’s Landscape Suicide last night. The first half took place around where I grew up, even mentioning the exact hospital where I was born. 

It was a little too familiar watching all the still shots of the hills and houses with an air of isolation and vapid ideas of security. Even the sounds in those shots transported me back to the East Bay where some of my earliest memories formed. 

Followed by that long interrogation, it felt like a similar sadness and insecurity I would see with my neighbors and classmates. A bunch of bitter memories of seeing people lash out the second they became othered came flooding back to me. How close people were to losing their cool all the time but tried their hardest to prove themselves as being “well put together” and the occasional times I would witness that unfold. 

I know this isn’t unique to that part of California (the film does an excellent job emphasizing that point) but it felt a little too close to home and shook me.

And both those long shots of the soon-to-be victims listening to the radio really wrung out an intense sense of dread. I highly recommend this documdrama if you could sit through the pure discomfort.

[schlock-luster-video]

Today in documdrama / slasher film history: on November 10, 2015 The Honeymoon Killers was released on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom.

Here's some art to mark the occasion!

#the honeymoon killers #crime film #shirley stoler #tony lo bianco #leonark kastle #slasher #horror movies #horror art #slasher film #tcm underground #cult movies #movies #movie art #movie history

[easeupkid]

best movie you've seen lately?

hmm i’ve been on a big documentary kick recently (mainly because i have to watch them for class lmao) so out of what i watched recently i would have to say boys state!! but in terms of like,,,, a narriative film i watch the trial of the chicago 7 last night and thought it was really well good + interesting!! it’s a like a documdrama i guess so it can be a bit more engaging than a just like,,,, a straight up documentary ((also shout out to cheer, which is a docuseries but i watched it last week and thought it fit with the theme here is i wanted to mention it))

#lmao sorry i was like here’s just three things i have watched lmao #thank you for stopping by though!! #asks #bigembarassingheart #c speaks

[kiradurbin]

Super Short Reviews:  Summer / Fall TV part two

Arthdal Chronicles (Netflix) – Finally a Korean show I like.  No – LOVE!!!  Usually I don’t get the pacing or acting styles of Asian shows (so different than American) but this clips along through a great mythology / fantasy story.  Sort of like Vikings but Korea with more magic.

Bob <3 Abishola (CBS) – Awwwwwwwwwww.  And I even laughed.  (Yes, me!)

Stumptown (ABC) – I thought I would hate this because I always thought i hated Cobie Smulders  … but as it turns out I guess just hated that character on HIMYM, because I really like her in this!  It’s procedural in that she’s a PI, but because she’s not a real cop she gets to have way more fun and do loads more silly things. Great surrounding cast too.

Another Life (Netflix) –  I was really impressed how much super cliched sci-fi dialogue fit into the first 30 minutes … then I was blown away by every stolen sci-fi reference from every other sci-fi show i’ve ever seen … and still it was like a car crash and I just couldnt look away!!  Katee Sackoff hasn’t toned down her acting style, but her arms on the other hand – damn.

Bluff City Law (NBC) – Jimmy Smits still got it!  Sadly, the show does not.   Nice diverse cast, but i’m bored silly by the law case of the week episodic format. Sorry not sorry.  

Carol’s Second Act (CBS) – Dear god, no.

the Last Czars (Netflix) –  You know how at the END of every Game of Thrones episode the guys talk about the characters and their story etc etc?  Imagine how annoying it would be if they threw that in THE MIDDLE of every few scenes and thats what you get here.  The actors and production team are perfectly capable of telling this documdrama based on the Fall of the Romanovs, and I really did enjoy the tv part.  But the insert talky talky part was just way too annoying.  

Evil (CBS) – Creepy.  Mike Coulter. Aasif Mandvi.  All your favourite Catholic Lore. Great fun.

Perfect Harmony (NBC) – I honestly tried to watch this twice.  I love Bradley Whitford.  But Anna Camp just makes this feel like a spin off from the Pitch Perfect movies. Menh.

Mr. Iglesias (Netflix) –  I think if you like Gabriel Iglesias you will enjoy this family comedy.  Its obviously geared towards kids, but I actually laughed several times. Mr. Iglesias has a long history of being funny.  (on the show he teaches history so that’s a funny pun)

Cake (Fxx) – Uhhhhhhhh... I’m not cool enough to get this.  Its sort of like a sketch show but then some of the characters come back in other episodes so it maybe is like a recurring character sketch show? But then theres also cartoons and I was never sure if it was supposed to be funny or not... and I have no idea what is has to do with Cake.  BUT if you don’t know who Mamoudou Athie is, you should definitely go watch Patti Cake$ (the film) right now.  (Which also has nothing to do with Cake.)

Mixed-ish (ABC) – I love Black-ish so much I really wanted to at least like this.  Who doesn’t love Gary Cole!!    But Black-ish does those great flash-backs and story side-lines, so I don’t need a whole show about 80s references (especially when I already have another ABC show that’s all about 80s references.)  

The Unicorn (CBS) – Again, Dear god, no.  And I adore Rob Corddry.  Seriously I don’t at all get why people like this.  

Batwoman (CW) –  So Gotham ends and Batwoman begins. I don’t know why she needed the ridiculous wig but then again, she’s the least interesting part of the show.  Rachel Skarsten,  Nicole Kang, and Camrus Johnson are knocking it out of the park.  Also the CW world of Gotham City is better than I expected – plenty of  Vancouver colour wash, but some nice Chicago exteriors thrown in.  (a nod to the Christopher Nolan films)

not reviewed:

Drug Squad: Costa del Sol (Netflix) – Spain

Jinn (Netflix) – Jordan

Leila (Netflix) – India

Bolivar (Net) – Columbia  

Tokyo Alice (Amazon) – Japan  

Family Business (Netflix) – France

#cobie smulders #katee sackhoff #jimmy smits #mike coulter #aasif mandvi #gabriel iglesias #mamoudou athie #rachel skarsten #nicole kang #camrus johnson #batwoman #arthdal chronicles

[fortunefavoursthebrave32]

My last film I made. A docudrama called "36" #filming #film #documdrama

#filming #documdrama #film