‘The Roosevelts: An Intimate History’ best TV you may not be watching
Last Sunday night, September 14, PBS began airing a 7-part, 14-hour documentary series about two U.S. presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. This...
View Article‘The Decent One’: Documentary on Himmler a compelling contribution to...
Heinrich Himmler — the Nazi Gestapo chief, head of the German police in the Third Reich, head of the Reich Main Security Office, and Reich Minister of the Interior — was born to a Catholic family...
View Article‘Klansville USA’ on PBS outlines the 1954 rise of the KKK
“Klansville U.S.A.” is a relatively short film that documents a portion of U.S. history that few may be aware of: the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina after the Brown vs. Board of Education...
View Article‘Tower’ film marks 50th anniversary of Texas school shooting
Fifty years ago, on August 1, 1966, a 24-year-old sniper positioned himself on the observation deck of the Clock Tower overlooking the University of Texas, Austin. His name was Charles Joseph Whitman....
View ArticleAn American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story – Exclusive clips from PBS
A provocative new one-hour documentary, An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story, directed by Martin Doblmeier (Chaplains, Bonhoeffer, The Power of Forgiveness) is airing on PBS stations in...
View ArticlePray Away: the failure of conversion therapy for gay people
In my review of the 2018 narrative film “Boy Erased,” based on the 2016 book Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley, I wrote that the film “is a starting point for parents wondering what God is...
View Article“3212 Un-Redacted” reveals U.S. Army cover-up about soldiers killed in Niger...
3212 Un-Redacted premiers on November 11, 2021, HULU As I write this review of the extraordinary documentary premiering on Hulu November 11, 2021, I am mindful that this is the birthday of the Servant...
View ArticleWill Smith welcomes us to earth in new Disney+ series
In a new six-part series from NatGeo and Disney+, actor Will Smith accompanies big names in earth’s exploration to some fascinating, mysterious, scary, and beautiful places on earth, some of which we...
View Article“In Solidarity with Ukraine” new doc from the Knights of Columbus on ABC...
This moving new documentary “In Solidarity with Ukraine” from the Knights of Columbus is a look at the Catholic organization’s incredibly swift response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during the...
View ArticleInterview: on making “Teilhard Visionary Scientist”
Back in March (2024) I had the privilege of interviewing Frank and Mary Frost of Frank Frost Productions about their highly anticipated new documentary “Teilhard: Visionary Scientist.” The film, which...
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