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		<title>Havana Marking&#8217;s AFGHAN STAR on HBO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8212; you guessed it &#8212; become the top dog in the local version of American Idol. The information below is from the film’s press release: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIMJONGILIA, Documentary About North Korean Refugees, to Open in New York</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/kimjongilia-documentary-north-korean-refugees-181818/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brigitte Berman&#8217;s HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL Sold</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/hugh-hefner-playboy-activist-and-rebel-908/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Film Critics Winner THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS Returns to LA</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/agnes-varda-the-beaches-of-agnes-returns-949/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cinema Guild will bring Agnès Varda’s Les plages d&#8217;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&#8216; The Cove) by the Los Angeles Film Critics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILD OCEAN, HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU Screening</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/wild-ocean-hurricane-on-the-bayou-123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas&#8216; Wild Ocean (above, top photo) and Greg MacGillivray’s Hurricane on the Bayou, narrated by Meryl Streep, will be screened as the final installment of Part One of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. at the California Science Center’s IMAX Theater in Exposition Park. Admission is free. Shot along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoav Shamir&#8217;s DEFAMATION Opens in NY/LA</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/yoav-shamir-defamation-screenings-123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Film Award nominee and a very likely contender for the 2010 best documentary feature Academy Award*, Yoav Shamir’s Defamation opens on Friday, Nov. 20, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities across the United States. The film info below is from distributor First Run Features&#8217; website: &#34;Intent on shaking up the ultimate ‘sacred cow’ for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOUR SEASONS LODGE Screenings</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/four-seasons-lodge-screenings-123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Andrew Jacobs, Four Seasons Lodge is currently playing at New York City’s IFC Center at Sixth Avenue at West Third Street. The film opens Friday, Nov. 20, at the Quad Cinema at 34 West 13th Street. This week, the filmmaker will be present at the IFC Center’s Wednesday-Thursday 8pm shows. The Four Seasons Lodge summary reads: &#34;From the darkness of Hitler’s Europe to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLESSED IS THE MATCH, PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roberta Grossman’s Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh and Gini Reticker’s Pray the Devil Back to Hell (above, lower photo) will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Blessed Is the Match: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVID MCCULLOUGH, GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP Screening</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/david-mccullough-philip-glass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David McCullough: Painting with Words (top); Philip Glass in GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts (bottom) David McCullough: Painting with Words and GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 4, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE END OF POVERTY? US Release</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-end-of-poverty-us-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippe Diaz’s documentary The End of Poverty?, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week sidebar and has been screened at more than two dozen international film festivals, will be released nationwide by Cinema Libre starting in New York City on November 13 (at the Village East Cinema), followed by Los Angeles on November 25 (at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and Culver Plaza Theaters), [...]]]></description>
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