With access to numerous photographs and interviews from her family and friends, along with those inspired by her career, directors Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch take a look back at the life of pin-up girl turned photographer Bunny Yeager. While still modeling, Yeager became quickly sought after for her work behind the camera where she made a name for herself capturing more natural and active poses of her models often outdoors in natural light.
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Moving into the 1970s, the aptly-titled second episode of the series focuses on the ups and downs of the struggling league starting with the dominance of Spencer Haywood, the first underclassman drafted to play professional basketball, who led the league in both scoring and rebounding, but who left the league after discovering most the money in his contract was smoke and mirrors and not actually guaranteed. Life in the NBA for the young player, whose teams took out their aggressions for the ABA, and their drafting of the young star on Haywood, was little better with the Seattle SuperSonics forcing legal action by Haywood leading eventually to a landmark Supreme Court decision.
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50 years after its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story takes a look back at Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws examining the troubled production, its immediate box office success, and the film’s lasting legacy 50 years later. Director Laurent Bouzereau uses both new and archival interview footage from cast and crew to take us through the years from the publishing of Peter Benchley‘s novel, which inspired the film, to how the film is revered today.
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The new docuseries Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association examines the cultural and historical context of the American Basketball Association. Featuring interviews from former players, historians, coaches, and pundits, (including George Gervin, Larry Brown, Willie Wise, Tom Hoover, Bobby Jones, Spencer Haywood, George Karl, Dan Issel, Bob Costas, Jim Eakins, Bob Ryan, Pat Boone, Theresa Runstedtler, Julius Erving and so many more). The first episode of the series looks at the launch of of the ABA in 1967, seeing the success of the AFL, and the league’s drive to innovate and to breathe new life in a dying sport that was a distant third behind baseball and football for the American audience.
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The worst kept secret in Hollywood is that Chevy Chase is an asshole. No stranger to documenting complicated men, director Marina Zenovich never shies away from the topic while also struggling to show a softer side to the comedian turned actor. I don’t know that there’s any big revelation in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, except perhaps even when attempting to be on his best behavior Chase can’t help but use comedy as a weapon to cut deep as the man who loves to be celebrated chafes at being critiqued or asked to be introspective.
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