Don Schwartz Spotlight on Documentaries
Welcome to the Blog of actor/journalist/personal historian Don Schwartz.
Don has been published in a variety of publications since 1977. His book, Telling Their Own Stories: Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers, is available from Amazon in softback or Kindle edition.
Don holds multiple degrees, including a Ph.D. in psychology and counseling from the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Don is a regular guest on our web radio show, The Art of Film Funding, produced by From the Heart Productions, reviewing documentary films with founder Carole Dean—http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-art-of-film-funding
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His weekly film review appears in The Marin Post—https://marinpost.org/
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"I love dance. I’m putting my heart on stage. My soul is dancing. It’s not just me. It is like I am living a dream." Carlos Hopuy, a dancer and a Trock.
Americans’ perspectives on gender identity and sexual behavior are going through a dizzying expansion. Having seen Bobbi Jo Hart’s 
When viewing documentary films on a regular basis, one must include whimsy and lightness—for one’s mental and spiritual health.
Doug Nichol’s 
renown Tribeca Film Festival. I am not being sarcastic.
The censor’s demand gave 
“It’s a real practice-killer.” Roy Seidenberg, MD, on the impact of John Sarno’s book, Healing Back Pain
Produced by David Beilinson, Michael Galinsky, and Suki Hawley, 
“I want the right of life, of the leopard at the spring, of the seed splitting open—I want the right of the first man.” Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet, (1902-1963)
Ai Weiwei’s 
Back in the old days, when Jon Stewart was hosting 'The Daily Show,' he had a guest on named Bassem Youssef who was introduced as ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart.’ Even with my cursory—to be generous to yours truly—knowledge of Middle East politics, religion, and culture, I had a bad feeling about this.
It’s about authoritarian leadership. Like diarrhea and smart-phone addiction, us humans are vulnerable to this ilk of leadership. Back in the Jurassic period, 
“I listen to the world, and to me song is life. It is the essence of who we are. And, it joins us all.”
Christopher W. Clark, Ph.D.
Johnson Senior Scientist, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Directed by Michelle Dougherty and Daniel Hinerfeld, and narrated by Rachel McAdams, 
I write this review particularly for those who never heard of The Grateful Dead, never heard their music, and/or have preconceived notions and permanently installed negative attitudes toward the band.
I certainly did. I was a progressive rock snob. It took a massive amount of peer pressure and a measure of life experience to see the band, to listen to their songs, to appreciate the immeasurable contribution this phenomenon has made to our world.
Amazon’s 
