Documentary

The Man Behind Marilyn (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Oscar, Lawrence Schiller, Something's Got to Give, Director, Photographer, Movie, Film, Clark Gable, Film Star, Marilyn and Me, Marilyn, Documentary, crane.tv, Actress, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, Video, Arts News
Crane.tv

Not many people can claim to have won an Oscar, seven Emmys, written five bestsellers, travelled the world, been to the brink of collapse and reinvented themselves and, most famously, spent years photographing the enigma that was Marilyn Monroe.

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The New School Presents a Sneak Preview of the Documentary Flying Paper

Stephanie Spiro | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Guinness World Record, Palestine, Gaza Strip, Documentary, Documentary Film, The New School, The New School for Public Engagement, Flying Paper, College News
Stephanie Spiro

After the preview of the movie, a man in the audience, visibly moved, raised his hand and said: "Growing up in Palestine, kite flying was the only thing that made me feel free."

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10 Things We Learned from Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Documentary, Juicing, Healthy Living Cleanse, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin

Here are 10 things we learned from a fascinating film that chronicles Joe Cross's personal mission to regain his health while traveling across America, juicer in tow, and inspiring others to do the same.

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Empires: Individuals in Search of Society

Marc Lafia | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Nation-State, Empire, Toni Negri, Michael Hardt, Documentary, Globalization, Empires, Imperialism, Culture News
Marc Lafia

The new empire still plays by the games of the old empires: of divisiveness, of scarcity, of might and fear, even while we have never had such abundance and innovation. It is this paradox that our documentary Empires sets out to unravel.

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The House That Chicken Wings Built: NYC's Kasadela Izakaya (Video)

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: East Village, Googamooga, Izakaya, Wings, Nyc, Skeeternyc, Japanese Food, Fried Chicken, Sake Bar, Food Curated, Liza deGuia, Fried Chicken Wings, Chicken, Video, Sake, Recipes, Restaurants, Azuki Yamashita, Documentary, Food, Home-Cooking, Stanley Pierre, Tebasaki, Kasadela, Food News
Liza de Guia

The restaurant wasn't doing well financially; they knew they needed something special on the menu to draw in customers. But what could that one thing be?

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Sundance Afterglow: Rhys Ernst and the Wilds of Trans Filmmaking

Emerson Whitney | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: The Thing, Rhys Ernst, Vaginal Davis, Holly Woodlawn and? Flawless Sabrina, Vicki Marlane, She Gone Rogue, Hammer Museum, Laxart, Expierenmental Film, Transgender in Film, Mohn Prize ?۬, Gender Identity in Film, Los Angeles? Biennial, Genderqueer Film, Sundance Film Festival, Transgender, Documentary, Zackary Drucker, Transgender Director, Queer Cinema, Gay Voices News
Emerson Whitney

Rhys Ernst's films are a tactile fusion of art and queer theory with tones of subtle surreality that nudge at gender identity and real life fabulousness.

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Seventies DIY Pioneer Publishes Book on Tiny Homes

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Book Publishing, Shelter Publishing, Downsizing, Shelter Publications, Small House, Lloyd Kahn, We the Tiny House People, Small Space, Jay Shafer, Small Home, Small House Movement, San Francisco News, Tiny House, Home Size, Simple Living, Whole Earth Catalog, DIY Home Building, Simplicity, Documentary, Diy Home, Tiny Home, Stewart Brand, Video, Books News
Kirsten Dirksen

Lloyd Kahn's Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter is a nod to the current "grassroots movement to scale things back," and in it he profiles about 150 builders who have created homes under 500 square feet.

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The Indie on Demand Movie Review: Fightville

Dan Persons | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Documentary, Sports, Fighting, Mixed Martial Arts, Louisiana, Ultimate Fighting, Fightville, Fightville-Movie-Review, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Fightville is a documentary about the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, a.k.a. Ultimate Fighting, a particularly intense brand of man-to-man combat where very few holds are barred.

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ReThink Interview: Jessica Yu, Director of Last Call at the Oasis

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Drought, Jessica Yu, Rethink Interview, Last Call at the Oasis, Climate Change, Water, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, Participant Media, Global Warming, Clean Water, Video, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Last Call at the Oasis explores the reasons why humans are polluting and consuming more fresh water than nature can replenish. I spoke with Yu, discussing some of the scarier facts she learned and how we need to shift our thinking about water.

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WATCH: 'The Fighter,' A Documentary About An Undocumented Luchadora

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Luchador, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, Luchadores Dream Act, DREAM Act, La Aguila Dorada, Alicia Torres Don, Documentary, Immigration, The Fighter, Luchadores, The Golden Eagle, Slideexpand, Slidepollajax, Dream-Act, Latino Voices News

This is the story of "The Fighter", Alicia Torres Don, a Mexican luchadora and a resilient warrior in life. Torres Don is also known as "La Aguila...

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Internet Star Chris Crocker's New Look Featured In 'V' Magazine, Doc To Premiere On HBO

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Chris Crocker Me at the Zoo, Chris Crocker v Magazine, Transgender, V Magazine, Me at the Zoo, Documentary, Gay, Chris Crocker, Chris Crocker Documentary, Video, Gay Voices News

Over the last five years Chris Crocker has racked up over 270 million views on YouTube, many of which came from his 2007 "Leave Britney [Spears] Alone...

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'Untamed Americas' Exclusive First Look!

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Josh Brolin, Video, Tv Previews, National Geographic, Natgeo, National Geographic Untamed Americas, Documentary, Slidewide, Untamed Americas, TV Spoilers, TV News

National Geographic's "Untamed Americas" is a gorgeous new high-def wildlife miniseries, narrated by Josh Brolin, and we've got the exclusive first lo...

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ReThink Interview: Ondi Timoner -- On Tech Startups and the Documentary Renaissance

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Internet, Ondi Timoner, Live Public, Rethink Interview, Byod, Startups, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, Documentaries, We Live in Public, Ondi Timoner Interview, Video, Bring Your Own Doc, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Ondi Timoner's latest ventures, an interview show called BYOD (Bring Your Own Doc) and a YouTube channel called Live Public, use Timoner's interests in mind- and life-changing documentaries and technology to go behind the scenes of how both are made.

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Bel Borba Is 'The People's Picasso'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Bel Borba Aqui, Bel Borba, Poverty, Public Art, Brazil, Burt Sun, Tile, Street Art, Documentary, Documentary Film, Salvador, Andre Costantini, Video, Arts News

"When I think of any artistic movement in Salvador, I automatically link it to Bel Borba." An airport taxi driver delivers these words to the document...

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The Lives of Tiny House People: Direct Cinema Documentary (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: John Huston, Small Apartment, Direct Cinema, New York City, Small House, Tiny House People, We the Tiny House People, Tiny Apartment, Tiny House Documentary, Cinema, Small Space, Jay Shafer, Small Home, Small House Movement, Lego Apartment, Tiny House, Home Size, Simple Living, Free Documentary, Documentary, Tiny Home, Documentary Filmmaking, Video, Entertainment News
Kirsten Dirksen

This week I released via YouTube -- in an attempt to make it some type of "of the people, for the people" -- my documentary We the Tiny House People: Small Homes, Tiny Flats & Wee Shelters in the New and Old World.

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A Liberal Lens: An Intimate Photo Essay of Occupy Wall Street

VC Ferry | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Photography, Politics, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, 99%, New York Police Department, New York City, Slidefreestyle, Documentary, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Occupy, Arts News
VC Ferry

Where this movement goes, I don't know, but as a photographer and one who cares about the whole, it inspires me to continue to cover it.

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Gay Jesus: From His Lips To God's Ears

Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Religion, Lesbian, Actor, Jesus, Documentary, Theater, Gay, Film, Tolerance, Faith, Spirituality, James Brandon, Religion and Sexuality, Religion News
Kergan Edwards-Stout

The Catholic faith is important to my family, and as much as I wanted to make them happy, I learned pretty quickly that I first needed to make myself happy.

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Documentary Follows Native American Spiritual Leader Through Healing Rituals

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Between Earth and Sky, Documentary, Video, Native American Healing, Kickstarter Spotlight, Cancer, Native American, Medicine, Maria Stanisheva, Arts News

Shoshana and Nathan Philips are from the Omaha tribe in northeastern Nebraska, where Shoshana served as a healer and educator. She was diagnosed with ...

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From Israel, Documentaries of Internal Landscapes

Annette Insdorf | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Documentary, Teddy Kollek, Amos Kollek, Israel, Shlomi Eldar, Dolphin Boy, Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir, Chronicling a Crisis, Precious Life, Video, Entertainment News
Annette Insdorf

Two very different Israeli documentaries are opening at New York's Quad Cinema over the next 10 days. These fascinating films have less to do with the political tensions that dominate headlines from the Middle East than with exploring personal identity.

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Cruelty and Truth-telling in the NFL

Edward Wasserman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Sean Pamphilon, Steve Gleason, Media Ethics, New Orleans Saints, Nfl, Gregg Williams, Gregg Williams Tape, Gregg Williams Locker Room Tape, Saints Bounty Scandal, Gregg Williams Audio, Documentary, Steve Gleason Documentary, Journalism, Sports News
Edward Wasserman

Inside the question of whether gratuitous mayhem is a strategic element of pro football is a question of a different kind. It involves former Saints standout Steve Gleason and a filmmaker, Sean Pamphilon, who's making a documentary about Gleason's struggle with ALS.

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Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois 2012

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Howard Winant, African, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Du Bois, WEB Du Bois, Lewis Gordon, Robert Vitalis, Speech, Quincy Stewart, Elijah Anderson, Musical Tribute, Africa Sociology, Aldon Morris, Tukufu Zuberi, Reiland Rabaka, Harvard, Documentary, Video, Afro American, Pan Africanism, History, Africa, Installation, Stephanie Evans, Educational, Lawrence Bobo, Kenneth Shropshire, Vivian Gadsden, Gwendolyn Du Bois Shaw, Clark Atlanta, Film, Conference, Temple, Yale, Freedom of Speech, February 17 2012, University of California, Mary Pattillo, Camille Charles, University of Pennsylvania, Terry Adkins, Public Intellectual, Northwestern, Scholar, Sociology, Poetic Tribute, Black History, Africana, Honorary, Black Voices News
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania appointed Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on February 17th 2012. This short video captures the day's activities.

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The Rise of the Social Change Film, Stand in My Shoes

Anna Reeves | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Self-Preservation, Documentary, Bully, Social Entrepreneurship, Stand in My Shoes, Impact News
Anna Reeves

Through our film project, Stand In My Shoes, we're taking a hard look at empathy. We're asking, how important is it? What are its limits, especially when pitted against the competing interest of self-preservation?

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Save the Polar Bears, Save Ourselves

Sylvia Earle | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Dr. Sylvia Earle, Ted, Polar Bears, Conservation, Documentary, Our Oceans, Climate Change, Oceans, One World One Ocean Campaign, Environement, Mission Blue, Arctic, To the Arctic Documentary, To the Arctic, Green News
Sylvia Earle

To the Arctic is a celebration of Arctic life in its many resilient forms with intimate glimpses of our fellow mammals -- polar bears, foxes, walruses, caribou and others who share with humans a common need for water, warmth, food, shelter -- and protection from predators.

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Brennan Williams

Ziggy Marley: My Mother Was Cordial About Bob's Extramarital Affairs

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: 4/20, Magnolia Pictures, Rastafarianism, Bob Marley, Black Music Month, Ziggy Marley Interview, Rebel Music, Marijuana, Bob Marley Wife, Medical Marijuana, The Wailers, Marley Documentary, Music, Bv-Pblack Music Monthop-Culture-Entertainment, Bob Marley Documentary, Jamaica, Video, Marley, Bob Marley Son, Reggae, Documentary, Slidepollajax, Ziggy Marley, April 20, Black Voices News

With 4/20 upon us, today marks the release of the first-ever family authorized documentary, "Marley," chronicling the life and times of legendary musi...

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Blood, Sweat, Dreams: 'Fightville' Director Talks MMA and Rising Star Dustin Poirier

Turnstyle | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Fightville, Louisiana, Dustin Poirier, Tim Credeur, Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker, Gil Guillory, Documentary, Mixed Martial Arts, Documentary Film, Ufc, Gunner Palace, Mma, Arts News
Turnstyle

By: Noah J. Nelson In Fightville, directors Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein get down and dirty on the front lines of the mixed martial arts world....

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