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A film still of Israeili Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the documentary “King Bibi.”
For the week of September 30, Hamptons Doc Fest has added the timely documentary “King Bibi” to its website, hamptonsdocfest.com. Directed by Dan Shadur, “King Bibi” (2018, 87 min.), was a fest favorite when it screened at the December 2019 doc festival.
This documentary tells the remarkable story of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rise to power, relying on archival footage from four decades of his public and media appearances. “Bibi,” as he is known, evolved from Israel’s great political hope to a controversial figure whom some perceive as Israel’s savior and others as a cynical politician who will do anything to retain power.
Other films also still available through the Hamptons Doc Fest website, most with Q&As from the directors’ appearances at the Hamptons Doc Fest film festival in previous years, are “Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life,” “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” “In Search of Israeli Cuisine,” “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” “Spielberg,” “Life, Animated,” “Very Semi-Serious,” “Free Solo,” “To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor,” “Marvin Booker Was Murdered,” the new first-run documentary “Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint,” “Dads” for Father’s Day, “Pick of the Litter,” “Jane Fonda in Five Acts,” the new first-run documentaries “John Lewis: Good Trouble” and “Spaceship Earth,” “A Moment in Time: Hamptons Artists,” “What Happened, Miss Simone?” new first-run documentaries “The Fight” and “Denise Ho: Becoming the Song,” and Fest Faves “Mike Wallace Is Here,” “Merchants of Doubt,” “Driven To Abstraction,” “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” “A Ballerina’s Tale” and “For the Birds,”
Added on September 25 and still available is “RBG,” in tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18.
Staff Writer on Sep 28, 2020