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Martha: A Picture Story (2019)
Absolute must see
I stumbled across this after originally sitting down to watch the Goldie documentary The Art That Made Me. Sky showed this straight after so it was a double whammy of graffiti/street art/hip hop culture heaven. Both are must see for various reasons.
I was part of the London graffiti movement back in the 80s and Subway Art to me (and dare I say every other aspiring writer at that time) is to what the bible is to religious people..To see the story behind Martha Cooper and what she's been through to chronicle one of the biggest cultural movements in history is extraordinary. The fact she is still taking risks to capture the lengths to what writers go to to "get up" has to be applauded. She deserves even more props due to her still being super active when most people of her age are thinking of putting their feet up and enjoying the latter years of their lives peacefully. She is graffiti. And the funny thing is you wouldn't even know it when you first see her! An amazing woman. Brilliant documentary..
Diego Maradona (2019)
G.O.A.T
I watched this documentary after the sad news of Diego Maradona's passing last week even though friends had told me to check it out way before as I love football even though the club I follow has a great history and tradition but been starved of any significant success in recent times(not for the want of trying though I may add)..
From the opening couple of moments I knew this was gonna be emotive viewing but really didn't understand the levels it would take me to over it's duration. Anyone with a heart will emphasise and feel nothing but anger/sadness and dare I say disgust at the way this man was treated by the very same people that didn't give him a moments peace or any time to himself due to the depths he dragged himself and his battered body and his club to, to achieve the impossible dream..He gave his all for the cause and the way the city of Naples and Italy turned their back on him left me cold. The callousness and ruthlessness at the dark arts in bringing him down is mind blowing. I don't wanna say too much more as I don't want to spoil it!
One of the best and heart wrenching movies I've ever seen (let alone sports documentaries)..
It's made by the same people that bought us Senna and Amy and I'm looking forward to what they serve us with next.
The Great Unwashed (2017)
Sunday evening undiscovered gem!
After a big Saturday evening celebrating my daughter's 21st birthday we were in need of some light hearted entertainment on the Sunday to take the edge off the over indulgence .This film did this and more. I can whole heartedly say we've never laughed so hard at a movie in so long. It's so daft I can imagine some people not really being into it but it keeps the laughs going til the very end. Maybe not to everyone's taste but as the saying goes if we all liked the same thing the world would be a boring place..highly recommended if in need of something not too taxing on the brain..