Spaceship Earth

May 08, 2020 by Rosalie Leonard in reviews, emily maesar

Directed by Matt Wolf
Featuring John Allen, Tony Burgess and Jane Goodall
Running time: 1 hour and 53 minutes

by Emily Maesar

“Any idea that can be conceived in our time, can be executed in our time.”

Matt Wolf’s shockingly relevant documentary, Spaceship Earth, is a fascinating look at the cult of personality, self-isolating from the world and building community. It’s a film that starts with a scientific hope, flies through the hardships of having your monkeysphere drop down to seven other people and lands on corporate greed over scientific advancement.

Teenage

July 14, 2016 by Guest User in reviews, isis nelson

Directed by Matt Wolf (2013)
Adapted from Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1845 –1945 by Jon Savage
by Isis Nelson

Once upon a time, teenagers didn’t exist. We were invented, thrown into being. This film, Teenage (2013), covers the years of 1904 – 1945. It is not an easy narrative, but it is the very history and unmeasurable impact of youth and our culture. To quote the late and great Huey Newton, “The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”