This humane and genial documentary also contained insights that a commoner might appreciate: namely that even for the über-privileged, life doesn't always turn out the way you expect it to.
Touching, gripping and humane, this is one of MTV's most effective documentaries.
Following the movement of the seasons from autumn to summer, Mr. Philibert's quiet documentary chronicles a year in the classroom of Georges Lopez, a humane, infinitely patient teacher who runs a one-room schoolhouse in rural France.
As I wrote in The Humane Economy, the film Blackfish proved to be extraordinary in the annals of documentary filmmaking.
Morris continued on his path of hybrid documentary, always finding sources of fascination and import: the inventor of the "humane" electric chair (and a Holocaust denier), the world's foremost physicist (and a quadraplegic), and on and on.
The documentary-theatre troupe's investigation into Ted Haggard and the underpinnings of faith was shrewd, funny, and humane.
"Magnanimous and humane".
