Towards the end of this hour and seventeen minute medley of Dickensian horror about the Iranian education system in 1989, a father of one of the kids comes on and just drops truth on why the whole way we think about education has to change.
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American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci 2023
This was an interesting look at the career of Dr. Anthony Fauci, specifically at the reaction to him during COVID-19 and the beginning of the AIDS pandemic. The similarities and differences are astounding.
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The Fate of Lee Khan 1973
After A Touch of Zen (1971), King Hu did a slight, but important change-up. Ying-Chieh Han, who had been the action director on King Hu's films since Come Drink with Me (1966) was replaced in the role by the prodigy and contemporary of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung. Hung had played roles as an elite mook in various other King Hu films (most noticeably in A Touch of Zen where he is one of the personal bodyguards to the final boss).…
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Muhammad Ali 2021
This is one of the best, if not the best, of Ken Burns' biographical documentaries. This is also, production-wise, the most modern of Ken Burns' documentary even compared to his Vietnam War documentary. It is an excellent introduction to the 21st century of the figure of Muhammad Ali. Ali was considered by many as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century. There have been infinite documentaries surrounding the life of Muhammad Ali examining every factor and detail imaginable.…
