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Figuras ocultas 2016
Película
Narra la historia nunca contada de tres brillantes mujeres científicas afroamericanas que trabajaron en la NASA a comienzos de los años sesenta (en plena carrera espacial, y asimismo en mitad de la lucha por los derechos civiles de los negros estadounidenses) en el ambicioso proyecto de poner en órbita al astronauta John Glenn.
Las caras de Figuras ocultas
- Tres mujeres negras en la NASA
- Matemáticas que mandan hombres al espacio
- Correr a un baño al otro lado del campus
Buena para ti si
- quieres una historia real que te levante el ánimo.
- te gustan tres amigas que van juntas al trabajo y se empujan a seguir.
- te gusta descubrir a personas que la historia olvidó.
Mala para ti si
- no te gustan las películas de época. Estamos en 1961, hasta en los coches y los baños segregados.
- no te interesa la carrera espacial. Todo lleva a poner a John Glenn en órbita.
Temas: el racismo · el talento · el valor
Los archivos del Pentágono 2017
Película
En junio de 1971, los principales periódicos de EE.UU., entre los que se encontraban 'The New York Times' y 'The Washington Post', tomaron una valiente posición en favor de la libertad de expresión, informando sobre los documentos del Pentágono y el encubrimiento masivo de secretos por parte del gobierno, que había durado cuatro décadas y cuatro presidencias estadounidenses. En ese momento, Katherine Graham, primera mujer editora del Post, y el director Ben Bradlee intentaban relanzar un periódico en decadencia. Juntos decidieron tomar la audaz decisión de apoyar al 'The New York Times' y luchar contra el intento de la Administración Nixon de restringir la primera enmienda. Historia basada en los documentos del Post que recogían información clasificada sobre la Guerra de Vietnam.
Las caras de Los archivos del Pentágono
- Katharine Graham al frente de The Washington Post
- Los Papeles del Pentágono sobre la guerra de Vietnam
- Editores que desafían una orden judicial para publicar
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la historia real de los Papeles del Pentágono.
- te gusta un periódico que se planta ante la Casa Blanca de Nixon.
- te gustan las discusiones de redacción entre Meryl Streep y Tom Hanks.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas algo más que llamadas telefónicas e imprentas.
- pones los ojos en blanco ante los discursos sobre la libertad de prensa.
Temas: la libertad de prensa · el coraje · las mujeres en el poder
The Times of Harvey Milk 1984
Documentary
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
The sides of The Times of Harvey Milk
- Harvey Milk's rise in San Francisco politics
- One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US
- The 1978 assassination and the city's response
Good for you if
- you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.
- you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.
- you can be moved by a candlelight march for a murdered man.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not sit through a real assassination and its grief.
- you find 1980s documentary footage dated.
About: gay rights · political courage · grief
Marley 2012
Documentary
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
The sides of Marley
- Bob Marley from a Jamaican village to world stages
- Reggae and the politics of 1970s Jamaica
- Interviews with his family and bandmates
Good for you if
- you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.
- you want the whole life of Bob Marley told by people who knew him.
- you like music caught up in a country's politics.
Bad for you if
- you find almost two and a half hours too much for one evening.
- you need a faster pace than a life told from the very beginning.
About: faith · peace · legacy
He Named Me Malala 2015
Documentary
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
The sides of He Named Me Malala
- Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
- A Taliban gunman on a school bus
- Hand-painted animated flashbacks
Good for you if
- you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
- you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
- you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
- you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.
About: education · courage · fatherhood
Amend: The Fight for America 2021
Documentary
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
The sides of Amend: The Fight for America
- Will Smith hosting a history of the 14th Amendment
- Actors reading the words of real historical figures
- Equal rights from emancipation to marriage equality
Good for you if
- you like the real people who fought for equal rights in America.
- you want to understand one line of the Constitution across 150 years.
- you like seeing who has been counted as equal, and who decided.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the lynchings and violence of that fight.
- you roll your eyes at celebrity hosts and stirring speeches.
About: equality · citizenship · racism
TINA 2021
Documentary
Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.
The sides of TINA
- A singer from Tennessee
- Years of abuse by Ike Turner
- Tina Turner telling it in her own words
Good for you if
- you love Tina Turner's voice and want her songs on stage.
- you want Tina Turner's life told by Tina herself.
- you like being moved by a woman who walks away and starts again.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through stories of domestic violence.
- you roll your eyes at a triumph-over-adversity story.
About: survival · fame · abuse · rebirth
Quincy 2018
Documentary
An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.
The sides of Quincy
- Quincy Jones looking back on seventy years of music
- Jazz bands, pop records and film scores
- A portrait co-directed by his daughter Rashida Jones
Good for you if
- you like hearing how jazz, pop and film music passed through one man.
- you like a famous life told up close, health scares included.
- you like American history seen from inside the recording studio.
Bad for you if
- two hours of one life is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at a loving tribute made by the subject's own daughter.
About: music · legacy · race in America · fatherhood
Becoming 2020
Documentary
Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.
The sides of Becoming
- Michelle Obama on her book tour
- A childhood on the South Side of Chicago
- Eight years as first lady
Good for you if
- you like hearing Michelle Obama tell her own story.
- you like sincere talks about hope and connecting with people.
- you want a warm, gentle portrait to watch on a calm evening.
Bad for you if
- you need conflict and suspense to stay interested.
- you want to keep politics out of your evening, and the Obama years are never far.
About: identity · family · hope
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 2020
Documentary
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
The sides of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
- A summer camp for disabled teenagers in the 1970s
- Campers who became activists
- A sit-in for disability rights
Good for you if
- you like true stories of people who changed the law.
- you're curious about the 1970s fight for disability rights.
- you like friends from a summer camp who stay together for a cause.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an inspiring story of a movement.
- you want more than archive footage and interviews.
About: civil rights · dignity · belonging
Invictus 2009
Film
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
The sides of Invictus
- Nelson Mandela newly president
- The Springboks before the 1995 World Cup
- A rugby captain played by Matt Damon
Good for you if
- you like the true story of Mandela and South Africa's rugby team.
- you like rugby, with Matt Damon leading the Springboks onto the pitch.
- you like a big-hearted story about forgiveness and unity.
Bad for you if
- you want the darker side of apartheid, and this story stays with hope and rugby.
- you want more action than meetings and training sessions.
About: reconciliation · leadership · forgiveness
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020
Film
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
The sides of The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Antiwar activists on trial after Chicago 1968
- A judge hostile to the defence
- Bobby Seale bound and gagged in court
Good for you if
- you like Aaron Sorkin's fast courtroom exchanges.
- you like a crowd of defendants, lawyers and prosecutors who all clash.
- you want to understand a real trial from the Vietnam era.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at big closing speeches.
- you'd rather not spend an evening on 1960s protest and politics.
About: justice · protest · free speech
Pamela, A Love Story 2023
Documentary
In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.
The sides of Pamela, A Love Story
- Pamela Anderson's home videos and diaries
- A rise from small town Canada to Baywatch
- A stolen sex tape and the tabloids
Good for you if
- you want Pamela Anderson telling her own story, from her home videos and diaries.
- you like someone taking back a life the tabloids wrote for her.
- you are curious about her marriages, Tommy Lee included.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear about childhood abuse and a stolen sex tape.
- you need more than a woman reading her diaries at home.
About: fame · privacy · love
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024
Documentary
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.
The sides of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- The actor who played Superman, paralysed after a riding accident
- His wife Dana and his three children
- A fight for spinal cord research
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a man learning to live again.
- you want the real Christopher Reeve, from Superman to activist.
- you like a story told by his children, about a father they nearly lost.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch paralysis, hospitals and grief up close.
- you roll your eyes at a tribute full of courage and love.
About: courage · disability · fatherhood
The Crown 2016
Series
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The sides of The Crown
- Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
- Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
- A royal family torn between duty and love
Good for you if
- you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
- you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
- you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
- six seasons of royal life is too much for you.
About: duty · family · the monarchy
O.J.: Made in America 2016
Documentary
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
The sides of O.J.: Made in America
- A football star's rise in the 1960s and 70s
- Los Angeles, race and the LAPD
- The 1995 murder trial and what came after
Good for you if
- you want to understand a trial through the city around it.
- you like a true crime story told with care for the facts.
- you want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.
Bad for you if
- nearly eight hours is too much for you.
- you can't look at real crime scene photos of two victims.
About: race · fame · justice · America
Queen Cleopatra 2023
Documentary
As Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra fights to protect her throne, family and legacy in this docuseries featuring reenactments and expert interviews.
The sides of Queen Cleopatra
- Egypt's last pharaoh
- Her alliances with Caesar and Mark Antony
- Reenactments with expert interviews
Good for you if
- you like Egypt's last pharaoh and her fight for the throne.
- you like Cleopatra playing Caesar and Mark Antony against Rome.
- you like experts explaining a real queen between scenes.
Bad for you if
- you want history without reenacted scenes and invented dialogue.
- you want battle scenes more than interviews with historians.
About: power · legacy · family
Knock Down the House 2019
Documentary
In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.
The sides of Knock Down the House
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez behind a bar in the Bronx
- Four women running for Congress
- Campaigns with no corporate money
Good for you if
- you want to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before anyone knew her name.
- you like underdogs taking on powerful incumbents.
- you care about four women with no political experience, not only the one who won.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at hopeful campaign speeches.
- you'd rather not cry over a mother running for Congress after losing her daughter.
About: politics · the underdog · hope
I Am Greta 2020
Documentary
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
The sides of I Am Greta
- A 15-year-old on school strike for the climate
- A sailing trip across the Atlantic
- Speeches in front of world leaders
Good for you if
- you want to see Greta Thunberg up close, away from the cameras.
- you like a quiet teenager growing into a global voice.
- you care about the climate and how people fight for it.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Swedish.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt speeches to world leaders.
About: activism · the future · autism
Harry & Meghan 2022
Documentary
From their courtship to their exit from royal life, Harry and Meghan share their complex journey in their own words in this docuseries.
The sides of Harry & Meghan
- Prince Harry and Meghan
- Their courtship and wedding
- Leaving royal life behind
Good for you if
- you want Harry and Meghan's story told in their own words.
- you like a love story that starts with a blind date.
- you like seeing how the palace and the press work from the inside.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a couple telling their own love story.
- six hour-long episodes is too much for you.
About: the monarchy · the press · love