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Crystal Bell

A Child Running For His Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 01.02.2012

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Few documentaries can capture both the hope and deep-seated corruption of a nation quite like Gemma Atwal in her debut feature-length documentary, "Ma...

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Arthur Delaney

Long-Term Unemployment On Long Island Examined In New Film

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.12.2011

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When he first lost his job, Alan Fromm didn't think unemployment would be too difficult for him to handle. After all, he'd been through a lot in his l...

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Lucas Kavner

The West Memphis 3 Reunite In New York City

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.11.2011

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After serving over 18 years in prison for the murders of three boys in West Memphis, Ark., Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley -- or th...

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Filmmaker Greg Barker Talks About Egypt, HBO and His Doc Koran By Heart

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 10.01.2011

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E. Nina Rothe

Greg Barker's thought-provoking documentary, Koran by Heart follows three amazing ten-year-olds on their incredible journey navigating through Egypt's International Holy Koran Competition.

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No Contract, No Cookies: Is This the Way a Country Crumbles?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.05.2011

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Kerry Trueman

Isn't a 'jobless recovery' as preposterous as a fetus-less pregnancy? We've got a bloody pile-up at the intersection of Wall Street and Main Street, where reality collides with such corporate conceits. And it's the workers who wind up on life support.

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'The Cranky New York Jew’s Answer To Oscar Wilde'

Boulevardier | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is one area in which Fran Lebowitz has by all measures succeeded brilliantly, one that Scorsese's film, which consists almost entirely of uninte...

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Author Who Stopped Being An Author Gets Profiled

startribune.com | Posted by James Lileks | Posted 05.25.2011

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As far as the rest of the world is concerned, Fran Lebowitz stopped writing in 1981 to devote herself fully to smoking. There's been talk of a novel, ...

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Smash That Infomercial!: The Omissions and Lies in HBO's Film About Ron Galella

Martin London | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin London

As part of the trial team that represented Jacqueline Onassis in the six-week trial against Ron Galella, I found that almost everything in the film about the case is a misrepresentation, deception, or an outright lie.

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HBO Documentary Gets Inside Obama's Campaign, Catches Emotional Moments On The Trail

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Pivotal presidential campaigns are frequently defined in retrospect by documentaries. "The War Room" chronicled Bill Clinton's polit...

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