HEY, THAT RHYMES.

a playlist

ASSORTED

BOX OF DOCS:

THE 4th MONDAY

This is part of an ongoing series and follows these:

http://almostentertainment.blogspot.com/2021/05/assorted-box-of-docs-1st-monday.html

http://almostentertainment.blogspot.com/2021/05/assorted-box-of-docs-2nd-monday.html

http://almostentertainment.blogspot.com/2021/05/assorted-box-of-docs-3rd-monday-this.html

Here are this week’s picks…

Quintessential dive into the history of comic books, which is overwhelming territory. But director Ron Mann’s steady hand keeps everything clear and concise. Come for the comics, stay for the characters who make them.

A camera’s been rolling on Greta Thunberg since her first strike. This is the result thus far and it's as strong as its subject.

Philippe Petit tells us how he defied the odds and tightrope walked between the two Trade Center towers in 1974. Most narrative thrillers wish they kept you on the edge of your seat like this does.

The night after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered there were riots in every major city in America… except Boston, where James Brown performed a locally televised concert. You do the math.

An extremely unlikely friendship between a South African man and a wild octopus is explored in what is honestly one of the finer films I’ve ever seen.

Raises all sorts of important questions around what breast cancer’s infamous pink ribbon has become, as well as whether “fighting” the disease is accurate terminology in the first place.

Perhaps the only Johnny Carson doc you will ever need to see: the definitive chronicle of his climb to the top, where, despite having retired and died, he still firmly rests.

When they were teenagers, the ‘West Memphis Three’ were wrongly convicted of murdering three children. This tracks the entire tale - from unacceptable injustice to eventual redemption - extremely well.

Andy Warhol once filmed muse Edie Sedgwick puttering around her apartment, which, given the context we can now layer on top, is far more compelling than it should be.

Not made by Bansky himself, but rather an outsider look at how his New York City residency in October of 2013 effected the lives of die-hard fans and casual observers alike.

One of the more beloved docs of all time follows the two best Donkey Kong players in the world and charts their would-be rivalry. As rich and entertaining as movies come.

Documents the careers of a handful of back-up singers, whose talents propelled some of the greatest music ever recorded. It nicely puts a spotlight on a profession that has remained out of one for far too long.