“Bamako Chic:Threads Of Power, Color, And Culture,” the new short from the longtime Les Blank collaborator Maureen Gosling and cultural anthropologist Maxine Downs, Ph.D., is the good kind of introduction to a facet of a culture different from that of the Western viewer. It piques curiosity and spurs admiration of yet another example of the […]| Beyond Chron
America has now abandoned democracy and has slid into totalitarianism and fascism. Garrett Graff points out looking for the specific day this happened is a pointless exercise. The process consisted of small steps that cumulatively did not trigger mass alarms. Certainly, the lack of public outrage over the Orange Rapist’s recent “joke” that Americans wanted […]| Beyond Chron
Too bad Andrew Goldberg’s anger-inducing documentary “White With Fear” doesn’t end with an image of disgraced former president Richard M. Nixon laughing at the viewer. It was Nixon who first rode to campaign success by exploiting white voters’ fears about race without needing to use openly racist insults. He sadly wasn’t the last such political […]| Beyond Chron
Who knew talking about when to use “who” vs. “whom” could be a basis for emotional connection? Yet these and other grammar questions provide the wellspring for repeated conversational magic throughout SF DocFest’s entertaining and educational Opening Night Film, Brandt Johnson’s “Rebel With A Clause.” Grammarian Ellen Jovin began her Grammar Table project on […]| Beyond Chron
Viewers of Jennie LIvingston’s classic documentary “Paris Is Burning” will remember interviewee Venus Xtravaganza was tragically murdered before the film’s completion. Kimberly Reed’s documentary “I’m Your Venus” shows how the Pellagatti and Xtravaganza families work together to bring a proper remembrance for the slain sibling. Whether it’s having Venus’ home designated as a historic landmark […]| Beyond Chron
Peter Wong reviews SF Jewish Film Festival| Beyond Chron
Peter Wong reviews films from BAMPFA Summer 2024| Beyond Chron
