This week, we feature 3 incredible documentaries. The rise and fall of rock star hero with The King, a hard to believe true crime story in the entertaining Operation Odessa, and heartbreaking family storylines with A Dangerous Son. All 3 movies present social commentary on our American culture, for better and for worse.
This week, we bookend with strong documentaries, one that tackles the controversial issue of prescription drugs in America, with Take Your Pills, and we take a trip into outer space with The Farthest. In between, we present a terrific narrative, another confronting social issues. This time, power and prejudice with Beatriz at Dinner.
This week, we will celebrate World Water Day, with a shout out to one of the great docs from Participant Media, Last Call at the Oasis (which came out in 2011), and we’ll present two new theatrical releases, both crowd pleasers that will surely make you smile. One of the best docs of the year, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, and Heart Beats Loud, a buzz title from the fest circuit, where our heroes connect and grow through music.
This week, we bookend the show with two projects where are heroes are looking for the truth, dealing with shady public figures. Without even knowing it, a group of moms became activists, fighting federal agencies, in Atomic Homefront. And Washington post editor Ben Bradlee shines the light on dishonest public officials, in The Newspaper Man - The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
The third movie, presents a different kind of hero, a rockstar chef, with a bit of an ego who has to learn to face his own music, in 42 Grams