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Bob Barker: Latest on Sea Shepherd’s Meet the Fleet is one of its most well-known ships and a feature on Whale Wars and other campaigns.
Rebuilding Paradise is a National Geographic documentary from Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, about resilience in tragedy.
Athlete A is a new Netflix documentary about USAG Gymnastic’s mass-cover up of the Larry Nassar scandal, where he abused many girls over decades. Via Screenrant:
Netflix documentary Athlete A recounts the shocking USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, in which more than 500 former patients of sports doctor Larry Nassar reported having been molested by over a period of several decades. The film covers the broad strokes of the case, but with a scandal this far-reaching there are also some details left out.
The “Athlete A” of the documentary’s title refers to Maggie Nichols, a gymnast who came forward about the abuse she’d experienced while in Nassar’s care in 2015. After being told about the allegations, USA Gymnastics President and CEO Steve Penny waited five weeks before reporting it to the FBI. Nichols and her family say that they were told by USAG not to go public, and Nassar continued to treat (and molest) young gymnasts for a further fifteen months, until a story about his history of abusing girls broke in The Indianapolis Star.
Russell Crowe tests his knowledge of Aussie and Kiwi slang in this hilarious Vanity Fair clip. Jandals? Bugger all? Hahaha.
Oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer Paola Rodriguez works to restore coral reefs in her native Mexico.
Pixar’s Soul: Set for a November release this year, Jamie Foxx plays a middle school band teacher whose soul separates from his body.
Hamilton, the Broadway smash hit, a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is coming to Disney+ in July.
Candyman is the latest Jordan Peele-produced film, a direct sequel to the 1992 film of the same name and the fourth in the franchise.
Good Morning America goes birding with Chris Cooper in Central Park, the black man who recorded a disturbing confrontation with a white woman in New York City’s Central Park a few weeks ago, as he returns to the park for the first time since the incident.
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man is an episoding YouTube series by Emmanuel Acho, seeking to educate and inform. Guests have included Matthew McConnaughey.