Joe Berlinger

From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Brett Dennen, Chris Botti, Paul Simon, Paul Motian, Pete Tong, Bobby Colomby, Colbie Caillat, Lil? Kim, John Mayer, Eric Marienthal, Notorious B.I.G., Kenny G, Michael Brauer, Joe Berlinger, Bill Evans, Jazz, Jimmy Haslip, Herbie Hancock, Blood Sweat & Tears, Coldplay, Randy Brecker, Chick Corea, Ben Folds, Red Garland, Paul Simon's Graceland, Graceland, Entertainment News

Man, it was 25 years ago. The Grammy-winning album Graceland -- following what was arguably Paul's best album to that point, Hearts And Bones -- helped change the rules of pop music and politics.

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Q&A with Joe Berlinger, Director of West Memphis Three Documentary (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 03.18.2012

"One of the great ironies of this three-film, two-decade mission is that we thought we were making a film about bad children, the inside story of why kids kill."

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Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory on HBO

Regina Weinreich | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: National Board of Review, Hbo, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Damien Echols, The Cinema Eye Honors, Joe Berlinger, Jessie Misskelley, Sheila Nevins, Bruce Sinofsky, Jason Baldwin, Culture News

Last October when the documentary Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory premiered at the New York Film Festival, filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky celebrated an unanticipated event: the release from prison of the West Memphis 3.

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The West Memphis 3 Reunite In New York City

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Paradise Lost 3, Damien Echols, Joe Berlinger, West Memphis 3 New York, HBO Documentary, Sheila Nevins, Documentary, Hbo Films, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskelley, Paradise Lost, West Memphis 3 Reunion, West Memphis 3, Bruce Sinofsky, Culture News

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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Happy Endings at HBO: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Regina Weinreich | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Jessie Misskelley, Sheila Nevins, Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, Bruce Sinofsky, Joe Berlinger, Culture News

For documentary filmmakers, it doesn't get better than this: having your work bring about change.

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The Final Chapter For The West Memphis 3?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Paradise Lost 3, Joe Berlinger, West Memphis, Murder Case, Toronto Film Festival, Controversial Murder Case, Arkansas Law, Documentary Film, Paradise Lost, Nyff, West Memphis 3, Bruce Sinofsky, Video, Culture News

Over 18 years ago, three teenagers -- Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley -- were put on trial for the brutal murder of three 8-year-o...

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Documentaries and the Truth We Can Still Tell (But for How Long?)

Vivian Norris | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Bbc, Fukushima, Berlusconi, Morgan Spurlock, Ecuador, Educational Television, Sheffield Doc Fest, Joe Berlinger, Ford Foundation, Pom: The Greatest Film Ever Sold, Sweetwater, Legal, Pollution, Lawsuit, Monsanto, Death, Amazon, Christian-Poveda, Vida Loca, Fredrik-Gertten, Michael Clayton, Crude, Nick Fraser, Oil, Documentary, Murdoch, Roseanne Barr, Chevron, Sundance, Media News

Documentaries tell us who we are, what our world is about, and give us the truth. But more and more these filmmakers find themselves, especially in the US, attacked by layer upon layer of lawsuits funded by corporations with deep pockets.

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Court and Chevron's "Crude" Attacks Continue

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment, Freedom of the Press, Calvin Coolidge, Joe Berlinger, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, "Crude, Citizens United, Dc, US Chamber of Commerce, Judicial System, " Media, United States Supreme Court, Politics News

Joe Berlinger's back is against the wall. Last week the independent filmmaker, already facing crushing debt from legal bills, was dealt a major blow i...

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Chevron Tries to Restrict 1st Amendment in Latest Twist in Crude Saga

Trudie Styler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, First Amendment, Joe Berlinger, Oil Spill, Michael Moore, Rainforest, Ecuador, John Perkins, Rainforests, Ric Burns, Chevron, Robert Redford, Bill Moyers, Green News

This latest action by Chevron is part of a worldwide, desperate litigation campaign by the oil giant to escape liability for what is thought to be the world's worst oil-related environmental catastrophe.

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National Day of Prayer: Copyrighted and Unconstitutional?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition 8, Crude, National Prayer Day, Doma, Joe Berlinger, President Obama, National Day of Prayer, Chevron, Subpoena, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News

In today's Wilshire & Washington, we tackle the big issues: God, copyright, marriage, and crude oil -- in that order of importance -- with our guest host, Megan Carpentier.

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Chevron's new tactic called a threat to First Amendment

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Amazon Rainforest, Chevron, Joe Berlinger, Chevron Ecuador, Chevron Oil, Chevron Human Rights, Green News

An Amazonian community's fifteen-year battle with Chevron is entering dangerous waters with the Chevron request for all of the 600 hours of unused footage from the filming of "Crude: The Movie".

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Sixteen New DVDs You Must Check Out

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Where the Wild Things Are, Katharine Hepburn, Leo McCarey, Doctor Who, Dvds, Ponyo, Joe Berlinger, Reviews, Make Way for Tomorrow, James Mason, Criterion, Crude, T.a.M.I. Show, Maurice Sendak, James Brown, Miyazaki, Entertainment News

Here are 16 DVD releases that are the best of the best from the first four months of 2010. Rent them, buy them, stream them; do whatever you want. Just don't miss them.

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Was Oil Named 'Crude' Because of the Way Oil Companies Do Business?

Norman Lear | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Crude Documentary, Chevron, BP Oil Spill, Joe Berlinger, Crude Oil, Chevron Crude Documentary, Chevron Amazon, Green News

Setting another high standard for crude behavior in the oil business is Chevron. Who would have guessed that Chevron would find a sympathetic ear in U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan?

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Joe Berlinger vs. Chevron: Why We Must All Defend Independent Filmmaking

Robert Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crude: The Real Price of Oil, Chevron, Joe Berlinger, Crude, Entertainment News

Documentary filmmakers' success as storytellers depends on access to those who are willing to talk on camera. If the subjects of hard-hitting films are fearful of the ramifications of telling the truth then the filmmaker has no story.

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Chevron's "Crude" Attempt to Suppress Free Speech

Bill Moyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crude: The Real Price of Oil, Freedom of Speech, First Amendment, Bp, Joe Berlinger, Ecuador, Press Freedom, Chevron, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News

Chevron, the third largest corporation in America, is now hauling out their lawyers in a case that would undermine the right of journalists to protect the people by telling them the truth.

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Chevron Wins First Round Against Crude Filmmaker

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chevron, Crude Movie, Ecuador, Joe Berlinger, Chevron Amazon, Entertainment News

Besides making sources much more reluctant to talk, the Crude ruling could make journalists and filmmakers the targets of routine harassment by participants in lawsuits of all kinds.

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In Praise of Cinema for Peace: and The 60th Berlin Film Festival

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Variety, Leonardo Di Caprio, Cinema for Peace, Denis Carot, Home, Berlinale, Screen and Sound, Joe Berlinger, Berlin Film Festival, Crude, Yann-Arthus-Bertrand, Financial Crisis, Mikhail Gorbachev, Entertainment News

Films can change the world, and it starts by affecting one individual at a time, reminding us we are all parts of a whole, world citizens first and foremost. This fact was noticeable at the Cinema for Peace dinner.

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Haiti Earthquake: Impact Bloggers Weigh In

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Joe Berlinger, Mandy Moore, Bloggers, Haiti, Nigel Barker, Margaret Aguirre, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Aid, Jonathan Greenblatt, Video, Impact News

Mandy Moore, Singer-songwriter, actress and PSI Ambassador: The earthquake that struck Haiti last week has left an already fragile nation in turmoil a...

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The Movie Chevron Doesn't Want You to See

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Chevron, Joe Berlinger, Rainforest, Crude, Environment, Texaco, Amazon, Pablo Fajardo, Green News

Many have heard of Chevron-Texaco's contamination of the Amazonian rainforests. Joe Berlinger's film, Crude, brings the battle to bring them to justice to life in a way words cannot.

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Crude's Important Story, And What You Can Do To Help

Joe Berlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rainforest Foundation, Unicef, Joe Berlinger, Chevron Ecuador, Crude, Ecuador, Trudie Styler, Impact News

For the past month, I've been traveling around the country presenting my new film Crude to theatrical audiences. The first question is invariably, "What can we do to help these people?" Here's how I answer.

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Quiet Voices from CGI: Those that Fight the Epic Battle in the Ecuador Rain Forest

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chernobyl, Clinton Global Initiative, Joe Berlinger, Cgi, Rainforest, Ecuador, Chevron, Amazon Rainforest, Chevron Ecuador, Amazon, World News

As they marshal the forces of good at the Clinton Global Initiative to help alleviate the atrocities leveled against the people and lands of Ecuador, let the games begin.

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WATCH: Trailer For Crude, Film About The Chevron Vs. Ecuador Legal Battle

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amazon Rainforest, Chevron, Crude, Ecuador, Joe Berlinger, Video, Impact News

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger's new documentary, Crude, explores the fierce $27 billion legal battle raging between oil giant Chevron and the indigenous peo...

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Crude

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sting, Crude, Pablo Fajardo, Joe Berlinger, Trudie Styler, The Rainforest Foundation. Sara McMillan Chevron's Chief Environmental, Home News

The name of this riveting documentary, the latest by Joe Berlinger, puns on its subject, oil.

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Movie Review: Crude and Chevron's Social Darwinism

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chevron, Crude Movie Review, Joe Berlinger, The Cove, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Entertainment News

The story filmmaker Berlinger tells is about the deadly despoiling of the Ecuadorian rain forest by Texaco -- now owned by Chevron -- and Chevron's refusal to accept responsibility for it.

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