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Good Copy Bad Copy: a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture
It’s streaming for free online. Go. Now. link
Continue readingSilverdocs – June 12-17, 2007
The Washington area’s biggest documentary film festival, Silverdocs, starts tomorrow. In addition to over 100 films, the festival includes an international documentary conference – panel discussions and workshops with some of the biggest names in the documentary filmmaking community. Silverdocs’ comprehensive websit – link.Washington City Paper’s picks from the festival – link.
Continue readingMoving Pictures: American Art and Early Film @ The Phillips Collection
I plan to see this show this weekend so don’t have any comment on it at this point other than it offers a somewhat unexamined perspective on early film. The exhibit shows the connections between early film subject matter and that of American realist painting that was going on during the same era. Works used […]
Continue readingWashingtonPost.com Project: On Being
This woman from WashingtonPost.com, Jennifer Crandall has been creating these three minute video profiles about different people in Washington, DC. She features a new person each week. I highly recommend checking them out, especially the one with the little kid named Gio.http://specials.washingtonpost.com/onbeing/
Continue readingEnvironmental Film Festival: “Why Are Wildlife Filmmakers Dying?”
Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 p.m., Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon CenterChris Palmer, professor and filmmaker, leads a discussion on the challenges of making wildlife films, drawing on the examples of Australian wildlife superstar Steve Irwin and Grizzly Man protagonist Timothy Treadwell.Sponsor: Center for Environmental Filmmaking, School of CommunicationContact: Chris Palmer, palmer@american.edu A breakdown of all of […]
Continue readingEleven Sundance films…reviewed.
Year after year that I decide to make the great plunge and join in on the Sundance Film Festival, I always return jubilant and excited…and somewhat disappointed. Why disappointed? Somehow expectations and experiences of years past continue to rise, while the actual events have peaked. Growing up was never my strong suit and nowhere is […]
Continue readingCool online film rag: Senses of Cinema
This Australian “journal” is loaded with articles, top ten lists (many annotated), and links to other online film journals and high-brow film sites. It’s fun to browse because in addition to covering the “usual suspects” of world cinema it also contains some nice surprises including serious coverage of so-called exploitation and experimental filmmakers . For […]
Continue reading79th Academy Awards Documentary Short List is Out
It’s been a busy semester and the blog has been a little neglected but now that the winter break is approaching there will be more time for updates (I hope). Anyway here’s the shortlist of documentaries under consideration for Best Documentary. I’m unfamiliar with a majority of them. “Blindsight”“Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?”“Deliver […]
Continue reading“Dream Deceivers” available on-line…
To those interested in seeing an excellent documentary direct your web browsers to:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5636910946432086857 Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest On December 23, 1985, two young men in Reno, Nevada put shotguns to their own heads after drinking and smoking marijuana as they listened to a record by the English rock group […]
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