It was a sad day when we lost RBG. To say she was an inspiration to women -- and to women lawyers specifically, is an understatement.
RBG is a videographic ode to her legal and personal legacy. Legally, it highlights her novel approach to equal protection cases, first bringing cases to the Supreme Court with male clients as those potentially being discriminated against in order to build the necessary framework, then bringing cases with women as plaintiffs. Personally, it highlights the support she received throughout her marriage from her husband, and then wraps up with reflections from her granddaughter. This is a retrospective worth watching, if you have interest in the subject.
Jonah is a documentary about New Zealand rugby legend
Jonah Lomu. His career was incredible, but I found the doc a bit difficult to watch. It jumped back and forth in time, and it was unclear if some things were supposed to be his memories or what exactly was going on. Regardless, if you're into rugby and don't know about him, it's probably worth a watch.
We found the
Amanda Knox documentary on one of our streaming services. To be honest, I'm not sure what prompted us to watch it -- I wasn't super interested in the story when it was going on -- but we did. It is a pretty wild legal nightmare, regardless of what you think of Ms. Knox herself.
Most people don't like Mondays. But most people don't go on shooting sprees just because they feel that way.
I Don't Like Mondays is a documentary about one of the earlier U.S. school shootings, which occurred in 1979. It was very weird, and very 1970s. The shooter, Brenda Spencer, told a reporter that she did it because of the way she felt about Mondays; she is
still in prison in California.
S's growing interest in all things marine led us to
Pirate Hunting. I give it credit for having a full spectrum of the various perspectives related to the issue of Somali piracy. Often when I watch docs, I find myself having a different perspective from that of the filmmaker; with this one, I struggled to figure out what the film's perspective even was. I'm still not sure there was one, which I suppose is okay, albeit uncommon. It had a weird ending.
Keeping with the theme of marine films,
The Sailor profiles Paul Johnson, an 80-year-old man who has spent his entire adult life on a small sailboat. He's a heavy drinker and knows he's nearing the end of his time. He looks back, and forward, and leaves us wondering.
It was quite some time ago that I watched
The Social Dilemma, and I can't believe I didn't write about it (or at least I can't find anything about it). It's mostly a documentary made up of interviews with current and former tech executives, primarily talking about the creepiness and ills of social media. Of course, we all know that, but in the same way we generally love being in echo chambers that reflect our own beliefs back to us, we love being assured that we're right about how stalky and weird and manipulative social media is. This will affirm all those beliefs, and then some.
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