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Tag: Documentaries

084 | Geoff Redknap (The Unseen)

Posted on June 26, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 084 | Geoff Redknap (The Unseen)
084 | Geoff Redknap (The Unseen)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews special makeup effects artist Geoff Redknap director of The Unseen.

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#CouchWorthy: A&E’s Michael Jackson Cultureshock

Posted on June 25, 2018September 25, 2023 By Sammy Younan
#CouchWorthy: A&E’s Michael Jackson Cultureshock

Cultureshock is A&E’s pop culture five-part docuseries from producer Morgan Spurlock and Entertainment Weekly beginning with Michael Jackson’s Final Curtain Call.

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080 | Max Powers & Nikhil Melnechuk (Don’t Be Nice)

Posted on May 1, 2018March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 080 | Max Powers & Nikhil Melnechuk (Don’t Be Nice)
080 | Max Powers & Nikhil Melnechuk (Don’t Be Nice)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Max Powers & producer Nikhil Melnechuk of Don’t Be Nice a documentary about the Bowery Slam Team.

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079 | Michael Sparaga (United We Fan)

Posted on April 24, 2018March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 079 | Michael Sparaga (United We Fan)
079 | Michael Sparaga (United We Fan)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan welcome United We Fan director Michael Sparaga to discuss TV shows and TV fandom and representation.

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#CouchWorthy: Mercury 13

Posted on April 20, 2018January 1, 2024 By Sammy Younan
#CouchWorthy: Mercury 13

Today on Netflix Mercury 13 drops: a documentary on female astronauts who never made it to space. If you’re looking for something to watch this weekend until Strange Things 3.

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074 | Andrew Morgan (The Heretic)

Posted on February 27, 2018March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 074 | Andrew Morgan (The Heretic)
074 | Andrew Morgan (The Heretic)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews documentary director Andrew Morgan whose latest doc is The Heretic a Rob Bell documentary.

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063 | Doug Nichol (California Typewriter)

Posted on November 14, 2017March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 063 | Doug Nichol (California Typewriter)
063 | Doug Nichol (California Typewriter)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Doug Nichol director of California Typewriter a typewriter documentary with Tom Hanks and John Mayer.

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#PantsWorthy: California Typewriter

Posted on October 28, 2017October 28, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #PantsWorthy: California Typewriter
#PantsWorthy: California Typewriter

Would You Consider The Past To Be The Strong Silent Type Or Is The Future Just Your Type?

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046 | Stefan Sagmeister (The Happy Film)

Posted on June 6, 2017March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 046 | Stefan Sagmeister (The Happy Film)
046 | Stefan Sagmeister (The Happy Film)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks with Stefan Sagmeister designer, typographer and co-director of The Happy Film.

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043 | Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52)

Posted on May 16, 2017March 8, 2025 By Sammy Younan 1 Comment on 043 | Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52)
043 | Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks Alfred Hitchcock with Alexandre O. Philippe director of 78/52 a documentary on the iconic Psycho shower scene.

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    by Sammy Younan
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    Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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