"The Oxy Kingpins": Unveiling the Ugly Truth Behind Pharmaceutical Distributors
Brendan Fitzgerald's documentary opens a window into the corruption at every level of the pharmaceutical industry.
Documentary
Bastards’ Road Presents an Honest Depiction of the Lives of Veterans
After a year-long festival circuit run that resulted in multiple awards, Bastards’ Road will be...
Director Karim Kassem on Connecting to His Lebanese Roots Through His Films While Lebanon Heals
Karim Kassem, a filmmaker, director, and screenwriter from Lebanon, has had a year full of...
Covid 19 Chronicle: A Film on Mental Health While Under Quarantine in Spain
This particular film, created by Brandon Drenon, features a psychotherapist from Spain who explains the effects of quarantine on mental health.
College Behind Bars is a Work of Public Service
By: Riley Dole Lynn Novick’s brilliantly insightful documentary, College Behind Bars, screened on November 16, 2019 at the first Harlem Documentary Film Festival. The four hour, four-part series, executively produced by Ken Burns, is set to air on PBS on November 25th and 26th. Featuring the Bard Prison Initiative (or BPI, as members refer...
Walking While Black: L.O.V.E is the Answer
For the sake of future generations, Ali remains an optimist and will continue to lead only with love.
Francesco Zippel: Director Extraordinaire
On August 25, 2019, Honeysuckle had the distinct pleasure of interviewing director, producer, and writer Francesco Zippel, whose new documentary “Friedkin-Uncut” is an introspective portrait of William Friedkin. The documentary features the irreverent 1970’s legend, who directed The Exorcist and French Connection, as well as his countless admirers. “Friedkin-Uncut” has been shown in festivals...
Friedkin, Uncut: Behind the Scenes on a Hollywood Legend
Directed by: Francesco Zippel OPENING AT CITY CINEMAS VILLAGE EAST, New York, New York FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019 In Hollywood, the word “real” is an anomaly. It is a place where the goal is to try to fool others into believing things even when there is proof that the impossible is just that, impossible. Enter...
Brown Acid and A Girl in The Lake: A Review of Mike Greenblatt’s Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back to Yasgur’s Farm
In 1964, The Federal Communications Commission enacted the FM Non-Duplication Rule, which mandated that AM and FM radio must distinguish their programming from one another. Although a seemingly small event, it started something that would change history. The need for distinctive content on the airwaves opened up radio to a flurry of new, experimental music...
NYWIFT Members Doing Justice to True Crime
Death Row Stories examines the deals and decisions that prosecutors and defense attorneys make on behalf of their clients as the law changes over time.
Boarding The Hemp Road Trip with Blühen Botanicals: A Life-Changing Film
Jump aboard Trojan’s Hemp Road Trip bus for an insightful ride through our nationwide confusion about hemp and its innumerable uses.
Murder Mountain
Netflix’s new six-part docuseries, Murder Mountain, covers multiple missing persons, betrayal, murder and marijuana. It investigates the dark side of the hippie dream. What is Murder Mountain?The region around Humboldt County, California produces 60% of the medical marijuana grown in the U.S. Humboldt County also has the most missing person cases in...
Ricki Lake Brings Sweet Understanding in Weed the People Documentary
Few people understand the power of pure communication better than Ricki Lake. The iconic actress/...
HBO Documentary The Sentence Shows Kids Pay For-Profit Prisons
In the searing new documentary The Sentence, we discover that the casualties of the “...
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