Category Archives: documentaries
Havana Marking’s AFGHAN STAR on HBO
Havana Marking’s Afghan Star, the United Kingdom’s submission for the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, will be shown on HBO beginning March 18 at 9 p.m. The film chronicles the obstacles faced by ordinary Afghanis who want to — you guessed it — become the top dog in the local version of American Idol. The information below is from the film’s press release: [...]
KIMJONGILIA, Documentary About North Korean Refugees, to Open in New York
Kimjongilia, N.C. Heikin’s documentary about the experiences of North Korean refugees and of those who managed to escape from Kim Jong Il’s concentration camps, has its New York theatrical premiere at Cinema Village on March 19. The text below is from the fim’s press release: Lorber Films is pleased to present the New York theatrical premiere of KIMJONGILIA, N.C. Heikin’s unblinking indictment of life in [...]
Brigitte Berman’s HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL Sold
George Lucas, Tony Bennett, Joan Baez, Jim Brown, James Caan, Jesse Jackson, Jenny McCarthy, and Bill Maher are some of those taking part in Brigitte Berman’s documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, which has been acquired by Phase 4 Films for distribution via various channels in the United States. More than the Playboy magazine mastermind and the guy who had a nude centerfold of [...]
Los Angeles Film Critics Winner THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS Returns to LA
Cinema Guild will bring Agnès Varda’s Les plages d’Agnès / The Beaches of Agnès back to Los Angeles for an open-ended return engagement on Saturday, December 26, and Sunday, December 27, at 11 am at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. Named the Best Documentary of 2009 (tied with Louie Psihoyos‘ The Cove) by the Los Angeles Film Critics, [...]