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Top of the Docs #29 – ‘Rebirth of a Nation’ (2004)
Perhaps the most innovative exploration of the film has been DJ Spooky’s live performance remix of the film, Rebirth of a Nation.
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Top of the Docs #27 – All Tomorrow’s Parties (2009)
The festival prided itself on being non-corporate, fan-friendly, and intimate, lowering the barriers between music and music lovers.
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Top of the Docs #25 – Counter-Charge
Welcome to Top of the Docs, Flip Screen’s hub for all things documentary. This weekly column takes a look at the crème de la crème of non-fiction media, with each month tending to focus on a particular theme. The theme for this month is video games! Gender roles within video games are a tricky thing.…
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Top of the Docs #24 – She Puppet
Of all the video game characters produced throughout the past forty or so years, Lara Croft is undoubtedly the one that has made the biggest impact in terms of critical theory and cultural debate.
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Top of the Docs #21 – Citizenfour (2014)
Since the Cold War and maybe even before, we have all been jokingly aware of the fact that our respective governments are, to some extent, watching us.
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Top of the Docs #12 – Yung Lean Please Be My Yung Love
Yung Lean is many things. Rapper, songwriter, producer, he’s a man of many talents. However, in Julia Mellen’s Yung Lean Please Be My Yung Love, he is elevated above all of that. He becomes simply a symbol, an outlet for emotion.
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Top of the Docs #11 – The Decline of Western Civilisation Parts I-III
This week, Top of the Docs turns to Penelope Spheeris’ trilogy The Decline of Western Civilisation, which might be the most comprehensive look at counter-culture in America translated into film.
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Top of the Docs #8 – ‘Kenny’: When Sports, Locality, and Politics Meet
Two things define Liverpool as a city: music and football. The two fill up all conversation about the city, with the latter even being a defining feature of being scouse: are you a Liverpudlian, or an Evertonian? A red or a blue?
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Top of the Docs #7 – ‘Losers’ (2019) Puts Sport on the Sideline and Shines a Spotlight on Humanity
Directed by Mickey Duzyj, Losers is a Netflix produced docuseries that focuses on the human side of sport, making it extremely accessible to everyone, regardless of previous sporting knowledge.
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