I probably have not seen a documentary film in two decades. The documentary is a form that I find offensive. Not only are 99% of all documentaries Left wing ideology but they are so blatant as to be insulting to the viewer. It is like being lectured when one goes to the ballet. A ballet is for dance, film is for motion and stories.
This is by way of saying that I have a long history with film. As an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, I was in charge of the classic film series (Old Doc). I learned how to do that.
A few years later, when I spent a year at San Francisco State College, I created a new classic film series. That film series, which I organized in 1961, grew into the film department.
Again, a few years later, I wanted to see more classic films than were being shown in San Francisco's commercial movie theaters, so I started a new classic film series at midnight in a Chinese movie theater in North Beach called the Pagoda.
A few years later when I drove by the Pagoda theater late at night I noticed that the marquee was showing the same film for several weeks in a row (Betty Boop). I didn't think that film would be shown for so long a period. I stopped the car and went inside.
To my astounded eyes the entire audience of hippies were dancing and on the stage was a chorus line of men dressed as women. One black man was singing, beautifully. I asked around and found that his name was Sylvester.
That is my long experience in film.