Documentaries

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Body of War

Frank Mankiewicz | Posted April 10, 2008 | Politics


Frank Mankiewicz

Now that General Petreaus and Ambassador Crocker have left us -- or at least those of us who continue to wonder at how our generals (for that matter, all our officers) managed to win all those medals when we haven't had a war for more than 30 years -- the...

The Greenhorns: A New Breed Of American Idol?

Kerry Trueman | Posted March 10, 2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

While some of us moan and groan about the unmitigated awfulness of industrial agriculture and our craptastic food chain, others are literally sowing the seeds of an agrarian revival. The idealistic young farmers and gardeners fueling this ag-revolt have been christened "The Greenhorns" by one extraordinary, exuberant young...

Rock Has Come For Your Daughters

Sandra Fu | Posted March 7, 2008 | Entertainment


Sandra Fu As the '90s passed, so did the trend toward powerful women in rock, such as Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon or Breeders/Pixies lifer Kim Deal. They were quickly replaced in the mainstream by vacuous vessels like Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson, and so the proliferation of young...

How We Got a Film About a Serious Childbirth Injury (Obstetric Fistula) That No One in America Ever Heard of Into Movie Theaters

Allison Shigo | Posted March 4, 2008 | Entertainment


Allison Shigo

Yes, few people have heard about obstetric fistula (if you are one of these people an explanation is on the way), our company hadn't heard about fistula before we made our film, A Walk to Beautiful. Which is exactly why we felt compelled to bring viewers face to face with...

America's Heart of Darkness: Comments on Taxi to the Dark Side

Steve Clemons | Posted February 21, 2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Damien Corsetti may be the Ron Kovic of our time. Corsetti is one of the featured commentators in Alex Gibney's powerful, Oscar-nominated film, Taxi to the Dark Side.

Unlike Kovic, Corsetti was not visibly, physically maimed and hasn't yet become a full-fledged anti-war radical, but he's someone...

The One Percent

Jamie Johnson | Posted February 19, 2008 | Entertainment


Jamie Johnson

There may be widespread fears of an impending recession running through the minds of most Americans, but there aren't among the country's richest citizens. Contrary to common assumption, many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all, they are actually excited about it.

To them,...

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Mark Klempner | Posted February 15, 2008 | Entertainment


Mark Klempner

As Pete Seeger rides out his eighties with a number of awards and musical tributes, a new documentary entitled Pete Seeger: The Power of Song attempts to capture his monumental life on film. Though not yet in full theatrical release, just watching the online trailer excited me as...

DVDs: The Cover-up Of The Assassination of Jesse James....

Michael Giltz | Posted February 4, 2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Momentum is a funny thing. No Country For Old Men premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and glory has surrounded it from day one, with Javier Bardem garnering numerous awards for his portrayal of a killer and the movie itself darn near every end of the year award in sight....

HBO's Baghdad Hospital: It Ain't E.R.

Laurie Nadel | Posted January 29, 2008 | Politics


Laurie Nadel

Dr. Omer Salih Mahdi will never forget the day he killed the baby.

"It was a few months after the Americans arrived in 2003. A pregnant woman came into our emergency room, " he said. She needed a Caesarean section but the three surgeons on duty were caring...

Have You Seen a Woman Director Lately?

Melissa Silverstein | Posted January 29, 2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

It's that time of the year again when most of Hollywood and the New York film world decamp to cold Park City, Utah, to feast on the latest indie fare at the Sundance Film Festival. This year seems a pivotal moment for the film business, with the writer's strike three...

Filmmaker/Comedian to Live in IKEA Store for an Entire Week

Craig Newmark | Posted January 3, 2008 | Entertainment


Craig Newmark

Hey, this is Mark Malkoff, a guy I know from The Colbert Report:

NEW YORK - Mark Malkoff, a filmmaker and comedian whose video "171 Starbucks" documented his visits to all of the coffee chain's Manhattan stores in a single day, will live in an IKEA store in Paramus, N.J.,...

On DVD at Last: The Films of Frederick Wiseman

David Wallechinsky | Posted December 3, 2007 | Entertainment


David Wallechinsky

I was a cinema major at San Francisco State College when, in November 1967, my Film Theory professor, Ernest Callenbach, showed us a recently released cinéma vérité documentary directed by a friend of his, Frederick Wiseman, called Titicut Follies. For those unfamiliar with cinéma vérité, it is a form...

I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA Premieres Tonight

Patrick Waldo | Posted November 19, 2007 | Living


Patrick Waldo

There's an interesting documentary on HBO tonight that I think you should watch. I Am An Animal follows People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals president Ingrid Newkirk and the controversial animal rights group. I recently got a chance to check it out and I wasn't disappointed. As a long...

The Mentally Ill: Oft-Invisible Artists

Ben Selkow | Posted October 25, 2007 | Entertainment


Ben Selkow

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I have been blogging about my feature-length documentary on my friend Sam who is battling bipolar disorder, also know as manic depressive illness. The documentary extends in many interesting directions, but one theme I want to explore further is the marginalized voices of...

Unborn in the USA

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted October 25, 2007 | Entertainment


Suzanne O'Malley

This week a movie that I produced on the history of the anti-abortion movement, Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion, comes out on DVD. I hope you will buy it and watch it. But in the meantime, has anyone noticed that there are five Catholic justices on...

TiVo This: A Summer in the Cage

Tim Dickinson | Posted October 22, 2007 | Entertainment


Tim Dickinson

Short Film Review: Documentary lovers. Do yourself a favor tonight at 9PM and check out A Summer in the Cage on the Sundance Channel.

Long Film Review:

Buddy flicks come in all shades and flavors, but Ben Selkow's film is probably the world's first guy movie about manic...

As Hollywood Churns Out Formulaic Re-Treads, American Documentaries Rise

John Farr | Posted October 9, 2007 | Entertainment


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John Farr

Particularly as home (and mobile) movie consumption has grown, transforming how and where we see films, the once fringe-dwelling, feature-length documentary is undergoing a sustained and long-overdue public recognition. In support of this, I note on our own website that of all the genres we cover, the documentary section shows...

"This Government Does Not Torture People"

Rory Kennedy | Posted October 8, 2007 | Politics


Rory Kennedy

Many aspects of the devastating war in Iraq have compelled our attention - we agonize over the rising body count among our own forces, we express our rage over the staggering reports of innocent Iraqi dead, we read between the lines of official statements to glean the larger motive behind...

DVDs: Hidden Treasures

Michael Giltz | Posted October 2, 2007 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

It's easy to take DVDs for granted. They're small, inexpensive, often loaded with extras and offer great picture and sound far superior to VHS and a lot easier to use than those bulky old laser discs. We just assume that a few months after a movie hits theaters that we'll...

Essay Question: The War vs. George W. Bush's War. Compare and Contrast (50 points).

Peter Smith | Posted September 27, 2007 | Politics


Peter Smith

Have you been following Ken Burns' The War on PBS? Have you been thinking about Iraq as you do?

The War is Burns' epic new documentary on America, its people, and the effort the country put into winning World War Two. It is all but impossible not...

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