Documentaries Goal

It's been a while since I've updated this blog, and somehow I am still here in DC and still at Brookings Executive Education. I want to revive my documentary watching habits as I really think it helped me learn a ton, and I've begun to read more novels. I think I ended up doing at least seven novels in the last month which is more leisurely reading than I have done since middle school.

So to recap some of the amazing documentaries I have watched since my last entry.

Heima (2007)

Full Documentary

Sigur Rós perform Heysátan

Heima (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛiːma]; at home) is a documentary film and double DVD set about the tour around Iceland in the summer of 2006 of the band Sigur Rós. During the tour the band played two big open-air concerts at Miklatún -Reykjavík (30 July) and Ásbyrgi (4 August), as well as small scale concerts at Ólafsvík (24 July), Ísafjörður (26 July),Djúpavík (27 July), Háls, Öxnadalur (28 July) and Seyðisfjörður (3 August). In addition, a protest concert against the Kárahnjúkar dam was performed at Snæfellsskála (3 August). The documentary also includes footage of an acoustic concert played for family and friends at Gamla Borg, a coffee shop in the small town Borg, on 22 April 2007.

It is truly a beautiful film and makes me want to visit Iceland ASAP :)

Rape of Europa (2007)

Spawning a terrible movie called Monuments Men starring George Clooney... but a fantastic documentary nonetheless, especially the part about moving the Nike of Samothrace down the Louvre stairs.

20 Feet From Stardom (2013)

Fantastic documentary!! I love Judith Hill, Lisa Fischer, Merry Clayton, and of course Darlene Love so much. Now I can't stop listening to the background vocals of any song.

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter

Lisa Fischer - Gimme Shelter

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

The Lady in Number 6 (2014)

Alice Sommer 

Finding the Funk (VH1 Documentary Episode, 2013)

Mortified Nation (2013)

Fantastic

Maurissa Tancharoen (Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog) 

Art and Craft (2014)

Saw at E Street Cinema, not bad, definitely an intriguing look into mental illness and the ridiculous nature of museum donations because people were so upset that he duped them all, including the registrar

Best quote: "He messed with the wrong registrar, that's for sure"

Brothers Hypnotic (2013)

Documentary featured at the Vassar College Film Festival, fantastic music and story of 8 brothers from Illinois who have a really awesome brass band.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - War

The Great Wall: Lovers At The Brink (1988)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaso0j9x098

Just Like Being There (2012)

Really interesting movie about rock concert posters, if not a bit shallow because this field is so young the artists are still reconciling with their origins to their true artist nature as a contemporary printmaker/designer.