"Pelosi in the House"

This documentary has been dismissed as a puff piece.  It's not.  I mean, it is biased.  Of course.  Nancy Pelosi's daughter made the thing.  And it is, if nothing, an homage to her mom.  There are plenty of shots of Alexandra's children, playing in offices as she films her mother working.  But the story she is telling has layers.  Watch closely and you will see what it takes for a woman to succeed in a man's world.  You will see the dedication, and effort, that Nancy Pelosi put in to do a job which can be impossible.  Watching the "sausage get made" you realize that government is all about time.  The time Pelosi puts into every piece of legislation, every phonecall.  And yes, for most of this film, she is often on the phone.  And wearing makeup.  And in heels.  Clearly, she is a driving force.  What couldn't have been foreseen was January 6th.  Alexandra was filming that day.  It was a big day.  After four years of crazy, there was light on the horizon.  But it wasn't to be.  Re-watching this attack on our country was hard.  Brutally hard.  According to the documentary, Pelosi was cool as a cucumber.  As always.  But was she?  Her eyes, behind the Covid mask, flickered, just a bit.  Her hands shook.  But only for an instant.  An instant we were allowed to see.  Yes, the documentary was good.  It was interesting, informative and engaging.  I couldn't help but wonder, however, what we might have seen if we had been allowed to.  Nancy Pelosi was and is an icon.  Her strength and determination will live on.  But the human being inside?  That will remain forever private.