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Our Review of ‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’
A Documentary By A24 and Directed By Peter Nicks After cementing himself as one of the greatest players in NBA history and winning four championships, it’s hard to look at Stephen Curry as underrated. He is widely hailed by NBA news outlets as one of the world’s great athletes and there are few who will even try to argue against that. However, there was a time when Curry wasn’t thought of that highly. That’s exactly what is explored in the new documentary from A24 Stephen Curry: Underrated.
Sundance 2023 Adds Films By John Carney, Peter Nicks, More – News Brig - NEWS BRIG
The Sundance Film Festival has announced further additions to its lineup for 2023, including five more features that will there make their world premieres, and four award-winners from years past to receive encore special screenings. Among the features world premiering at the upcoming edition of the Utah festival are Flora and Son and Stephen Curry: Underrated — the latest efforts from returning directors John Carney (Sing Street) and Peter Nicks (Homeroom).
What's Next for Toronto Schools? Homeroom Screening & Panel | Hot Docs
Tickets: $15 (Members from $10) | Students and Educators get 50% off tickets! Our series on the future of Toronto returns with the Toronto theatrical premiere of Peter Nicks' acclaimed doc Homeroom, and a post-screening panel on what's next for our city’s public schools. A moving and inspiring portrait of the senior class at Oakland High School in California, this unforgettable film captures its young protagonists at a moment of profound social change.
'Homeroom': Film Review | Sundance 2021
10:40 AM PST 1/29/2021 by Daniel Fienberg Peter Nicks' documentary traces a year of institutional struggle — and COVID-caused disruption — in the Oakland public school system. Early in Peter Nicks' Homeroom, the documentary announces itself as a chronicle of Oakland High School's 2019-2020 year. This activates an ominous metaphorical ticking clock.
Stream I AM ANOTHER YOU on PBS
When 20-something Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang (Spirit Award-winner for Hooligan Sparrow) stays at a hostel in Florida on a break from her studies at New York University, she encounters Dylan, a blonde, charismatic, 22-year-old drifter who has left a comfortable home and loving family in Utah for a life of intentional homelessness and unfettered adventure.
I Am Another You - Trailer | Video | Independent Lens | PBS
I Am Another You - Trailer I Am Another You premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 29, 2018. When traveling in Florida, Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang encountered Dylan, a charismatic young drifter who left a comfortable home and loving family for a life of intentional homelessness. Fascinated by his choice and rejection of society's rules, Nanfu follows Dylan on a journey that takes her across America and explores the meaning and limits of freedom.
Unrest | Filmmaker Documents Struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (M.E.) | Independent Lens | PBS
Filmmaker Jennifer Brea was a Harvard PhD student soon to be engaged when she was struck down by a mysterious fever that left her bedridden. As her illness progressed she lost even the ability to sit in a wheelchair, yet doctors insisted it was "all in her head." Unable to convey the seriousness and depth of her symptoms to her doctor, Jennifer began a video diary on her phone that eventually became the powerful and intimate documentary, Unrest.
A Fragile Trust | Jayson Blair Plagiarism Scandal | Independent Lens | PBS
A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time, and how he unleashed the scandal that rocked The New York Times and the entire world of journalism. MORE In 2003, Blair was caught plagiarizing the work of other reporters and supplementing his own reporting with fabricated details in dozens of different stories published in the Times.
Why we need the Academy Awards
Why we need the Academy Awards In 1988, Eddie Murphy stood on the stage at the Academy Awards to present the award for best picture. He began his introduction as one would expect — cracking a couple of jokes — but quickly changed course to scold Hollywood for its historical snubbing of African American actors. Camera cutaways to the audience revealed the mostly white audience whispering to each other in what appeared to be surprise and discomfort as he challenged the academy to do better.
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