SDMA Showcases Award-Winning Documentary “Johana”
Fairfield University’s DiMenna-Nyselius Library hosted the screening of the student-created and student-led documentary “Johana” on Thursday, Oct. 20. This documentary portrays the story of Johana...
‘The Last Dance’ Gives an Inside Look on What It’s Truly Like to Be an Athlete
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ new documentary “The Last Dance” has come at the perfect time to fill the void of sports during the pandemic. The 10-part series highlights the Bulls 1997-98...
Tiger King Take Two: An Update in Madness
I read a tweet the other day that said something similar to, “When this quarantine is over, you will definitely be able to convince me that ‘Tiger King’ was a mass hallucination.” We have talked about...
Transparent T.Swift in “Miss Americana”
On Jan. 31, Taylor Swift’s documentary “Miss Americana” premiered on Netflix. Directed by Lana Wilson, the documentary is perhaps the most translucent look fans have ever gotten into the pop star’s...
Fyre Festival Documentaries Hit Hulu and Netflix
Wealth. Models. Music. A beach paradise. Fraud. This month, America’s media fascination with the infamous “Fyre Festival” of 2017 was brought back into public interest due to the release of two new...
‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Comes to Netflix
You’re standing still in a Hall of Mirrors. Glancing around to your repeated self, the images bouncing off of one another endlessly, relentlessly. You keep looking out of the corner of your eye, in an...
Ken Burns’ Documentary ‘The Mayo Clinic: Faith-Hope-Science’ Premieres
There was a time in my life when I was obsessed with filmmaking. It’s not a unique story, as many people would love to be the next Steven Spielberg or Wes Anderson. While these filmmakers have been able to...
Ubuntu and Togetherness- ‘Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters’
Ubuntu. The first time I heard this word, I was in college taking an African Dance class. Near the end of class one day, my professor asked us to gather in a circle around her. "Repeat after me," she said,...
Fairfield To Be First University To Screen “UNREST”
Junior Sarah Swanson’s time at Fairfield has been very different from those of most students at the University. When she was a sophomore, Swanson took a medical leave for 18 months because of her ongoing...
‘Montage of Heck’ shines a light on the elusive Kurt Cobain
The much-talked-about documentary of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain premiered in select theaters this Friday. I caught the film at a midnight showing at the IFC Center in New York and what I witnessed was...