Summer silliness? Not right now, thanks

Let’s forget any notion of summertime silliness.
This weekend (May 31 to June 2) has some important chances to ponder the past and present, in non-fiction and fiction. And all of these will be around afterward; consider: Read more…

Let’s forget any notion of summertime silliness.

This weekend (May 31 to June 2) has some important chances to ponder the past and present, in non-fiction and fiction. And all of these will be around afterward; consider:
— “When They See Us,” arriving Friday on Netflix. Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) produced and directed the four-part mini-series about the “Central Park Five” — young black men who spent a dozen years in prison for a rape they didn’t do.

— A chance to catch the current perspective of those five. Ken Burns, who produced a splendid documentary (directed by his daughter and son-in-law) in 2012, reflects on it with them on his website, www.pbs.org/kenburns/unum/themes.

— “Ask Dr. Ruth,” a documentary on the remarkable life of Ruth Westheimer. It arrives Saturday on Hulu.

— And one fictional tale that should be noted: Fans waited a dozen years for a movie finale to the terrific “Deadwood” series. At one point, co-star Ian McShane said flatly that it would never happen.

It did, finally. It debuts at 9 p.m. Friday on HBO, rerunning at 1 a.m. It’s also at 3:35 p.m. Saurday and 9 p.m. Sunday, then at 9:15 p.m. June 6 and 5:15 p.m. June 10. Summer is off to a serious start.

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