Filmworker / Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

Depicting masters of their craft through documentary is the theme this week. In FILMWORKER, Leon Vitali spent his life working with Stanley Kubrick to develop and preserve a level of quality that Kubrick is known for to this day and in our interview Chris speaks with Sam Pollard, director of SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME.   Group Review Documentary: FILMWORKER - (2018) / USA (Director: Tony Zierra, Producers: Tony Zierra, Elizabeth Yoffe) Available in limited theatrical release   Film Featured in Interview Portion: SAMMY DAVIS, JR..: I’VE GOTTA BE ME - (2017) / USA (Director: Samuel D. Pollard  Producer: Sally Rosenthal)   Other Documentaries Mentioned: Amy / 2015 (Director: Asif Kapadia) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) / (Director: Alexandra Dean) Crumb / 1994 (Director: Terry Zwigoff) Evil Genius / 2018 (Director: Barbara Schroeder, co-director Trey Borzillieri) Floyd Norman: An Animated Life / 2016 (Directors: Michael Fiore, Erik Sharkey) The Fourth Estate / 2018 (Director: Liz Garbus) Gaga: Five Foot Two / 2017 (Director: Chris Moukarbel) I Am Not Your Negro / 2016 (Director: Raoul Peck) Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words / 2015 (Director: Stig Björkman) Itzhak / 2017 (Director: Alison Chernick) Jim & Andy / 2017(Director: Chris Smith) Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold / 2017 (Director: Griffin Dunne) Listen to Me Marlon / 2015 (Director: Stevan Riley) Man on Wire / 2008 (Director: James Marsh) Miss Sharon Jones / 2015 (Director: Barbara Kopple) My Architect / 2003 (Director: Nathaniel Kahn) Room 237 / 2012 (Director: Rodney Ascher) Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda / 2017 (Director: Stephen Nomura Schible) The Salt of the Earth / 2014 (Directors: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado) Searching for Sugarman / 2012 (Director: Malik Bendjelloul) Tig / 2015 (Directors: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York) Tongues Untied / 1989 (Director: Marlon Riggs) What Happened, Miss Simone? / 2015 (Directors: Liz Garbus, Hal Tulchin)   Timestamps: 03:15 - Intro discussion - Documentaries about Creative Process 10:00 - Group review of FILMWORKER 23:50 - Chris Interviews Sam Pollard of SAMMY DAVIS, JR..: I’VE GOTTA BE ME 36:00 - Doc Talk   Hammer to Nail Links by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: http://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/filmworker/ http://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sammy-davis-jr-doc/   Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com [email protected]   Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)