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new-to-me #344 - Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print

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#28: The Donut King (2020, dir. by Alice Gu)

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The Donut King (2020), dir. Alice Gu

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"Really Good Rejects"

A very specialized documentary aimed at musicians and guitarists rather than the general public.

I struggled a bit with “Really Good Rejects,” director Alice Gu’s thorough look at Los Angeles guitar craftsman Reuben Cox. Blessed with an instinct and intuition for creating stringed instruments, Cox has made a name for himself by building custom guitars with exclusive sounds from unique materials for some of the rock world’s biggest names. It’s a good subject for a documentary, but Gu assumes…

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Filmmaker Alice Gu, Director Of "The Donut King" Part II.

Filmmaker Alice Gu, Director Of “The Donut King” Part II.

The exciting conclusion to my conversation with Filmmaker Alice Gu. Alice began her career as a Director of Photography, working with renowned directors Werner Herzog, Stacy Peralta, and Rory Kennedy, among others. She was cinematographer on Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, a documentary directed by Academy Award-nominated director Rory Kennedy. The Donut King is Alice’s feature…

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"The Donut King" Director Alice Gu.

“The Donut King” Director Alice Gu.

Director Alice Gu began her career as a Director of Photography, working with renowned directors Werner Herzog, Stacy Peralta, and Rory Kennedy, among others. She was cinematographer on Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, a documentary directed by Academy Award-nominated director Rory Kennedy. The Donut King is Alice’s feature directorial debut and was selected to premiere in competition…

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The following month, US President Gerald Ford insisted the US should welcome 130,000 refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia, telling any critics: "We're a country built by immigrants from all areas of the world, and we've always been a very humanitarian nation."

The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice https://t.co/siTWOz88mw

— ImmigNewsDigest (@ImmigNewsDigest) December 5, 2020

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The Donut King (2020): no holes in this documentary

The Donut King (2020): no holes in this documentary

If a documentary filmmaker is able to inform you on a subject in a way that is engaging, it is usually considered a fairly successful feat. It’s not easy to find a topic that will lend itself to a feature-length runtime in either direction (sometimes you have too much footage or not enough). If that filmmaker is able to structure the storytelling in such a way that there are reveals, surprises,…

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