Musings on movies, suitable for reading before or after you see them. I write about things I liked WITHOUT SPOILERS. The only thing I hate more than spoilers is reviewers' trashing movies because they think it makes them seem smart. Movie title links are usually links to blog posts. Click here for an alphabetized index of movies on this blog with a count.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sing Your Song (2011)
We loved this fabulous documentary about Harry Belafonte and learned a lot about his activism. He sings in the movie, mostly in old footage, including on The Smothers Brothers and Muppets shows. Imdb has given us this list of songs, albeit with many typos. Susanne Rostock makes her directing debut after editing 11 documentaries and one dramatic feature. We saw this in a special presentation with Belafonte making a personal appearance in these parts last fall (his voice was gravelly and he didn't sing). I was able to share with him that my brothers and I went to the same Manhattan school as his children! 97% of rottentomatoes critics liked this and 81% of audiences. The DVD is available now on disk from netflix and streaming from amazon, so it would be worth your while to spend some time with Harry and his friends.
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