Ed Rampell

Dec 25, 2024 | progressive.org | Ed Rampell

A Complete Unknown is arguably the best feature ever made about a sixties music icon. The film has earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, plus for an unrecognizable Timothée Chalamet’s compelling portrait of Bob Dylan and Ed Norton’s depiction of Pete Seeger, with much of the cast doing their own singing.

Dec 11, 2024 | progressive.org | Ed Rampell

As it turns out, the December 11 release of The Bibi Files is fateful since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu took the witness stand on Tuesday, December 10, for the first time in his trial on corruption charges. This must-see documentary which features leaked footage of the police interrogations of Netanyahu and other witnesses, co-produced by Alex Gibney, is one of the best, most powerful nonfiction films that I have seen in years.

Nov 8, 2024 | progressive.org | Ed Rampell |Television Book.”

In 1935, when fascism was rising globally, Sinclair Lewis wrote It Can’t Happen Here, a novel warning Americans against homegrown threats of dictatorship. Now, on the heels of a presidential race billed as an existential struggle between freedom and authoritarianism, PBS is premiering a new documentary film that reminds viewers that not only could autocracy happen here, but that it once did.

Oct 16, 2024 | progressive.org | Ed Rampell |Television Book.”

As the countdown to election day winds down, the presidential race is reportedly close, and both candidates on the Republican ticket will not publicly pledge to accept the election results if they don’t win.

Aug 16, 2024 | truthdig.com | Ed Rampell

Named after a reservation in British Columbia, “Sugarcane” is a harrowing and ultimately uplifting look at a very dark chapter of Canadian Indigenous history. It details how, under the guise of providing “education,” generations of Native children were forcibly shipped away from their homes and subjected to unspeakable abuse at residential schools.