3 posts tagged ‘documentaries’
A documentary about the Idris Elba "Gold" documentary YouTube viewers can't escape from
Boing Boing,
YouTube bombarded viewers with ads for Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba, an hour-long propaganda piece produced by the World Gold Council and starring Idris Elba of Cyberpunk 2077 fame (and nothing else). As one might expect, it's an hour of fluff whitewashing the bloody history of African gold mining and downplaying the gold industry's role in propping up apartheid for the sake of profits, put together by people calling themselves the World Gold Council like a bunch of C-list Bond villains. — Read the rest The post A documentary about the Idris Elba "Gold" documentary YouTube viewers can't escape from appeared first on Boing Boing.
Half-Life retrospective documentary
Half-Life is 25 years old, and its makers posted a documentary about its development, covering everything from the early days of Valve to the game's genre-defining success. Dave Riller, lead designer, says that when they founded the company, only three people there had even shipped a game. — Read the rest
Frederick Wiseman Reveals the Mighty Substance of Culinary Luxury
The New Yorker,
The nonagenarian’s new film, “Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros,” examines the social and aesthetic context of a world-famous three-star restaurant.