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The Bridge

Ever since I first saw a piece on ABC’s 20/20 about the documentary, The Bridge, I’ve wanted to see the film. From a relatively young age, I’ve been fascinated with mental illness and suicide. I can recall one of my favorite books as a teenager was The Savage God by Al Alvarez. [...]

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Capturing The Friedmans

I finally got the chance (thanks to my Netflix) to view this 2003 documentary. While not for everyone, if you are interested in the finer points of documentary filmmaking, I urge you to see this. The film follows the travails of an upper-middle-class family in the affluent suburban community of Great Neck, NY as [...]

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