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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Contemporary Documentaries</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/contemporary-documentaries/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Illegal Immigration Screenings: THE FENCE, WHICH WAY HOME at the Academy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:36:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25491</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story (above) and Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's 2009 Best Documentary Shot Academy Award nominee The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant will be screened as the final installment in Part One of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 29th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 17, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-moore-capitalism-a-love-story-oscar-nominee-the-last-truck/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BEACHES OF AGNES, A PORTRAIT OF MAURICE SENDAK: Contemporary Documentaries Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-beaches-of-agnes-a-portrait-of-maurice-sendak/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-beaches-of-agnes-a-portrait-of-maurice-sendak/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:06:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25387</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze's Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak and Agnès Varda's Les plages d'Agnès / The Beaches of Agnès (above) will be screened as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 29th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 3, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-beaches-of-agnes-a-portrait-of-maurice-sendak/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Errol Morris&#039; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, Steven Okazaki&#039;s THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/standard-operating-procedure-the-conscience-of-nhem-en/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/standard-operating-procedure-the-conscience-of-nhem-en/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:21:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24271</guid> <description><![CDATA[Steven Okazaki's Oscar-nominated The Conscience of Nhem En and Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure (above) will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, May 26, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. Directed and produced by Okazaki, The Conscience [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/standard-operating-procedure-the-conscience-of-nhem-en/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I.O.U.S.A., VIVA LA CAUSA: The US National Debt and Cesar Chavez at Academy Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/i-o-u-s-a-viva-la-causa-patrick-creadon-cesar-chavez/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/i-o-u-s-a-viva-la-causa-patrick-creadon-cesar-chavez/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 20:52:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24175</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alonso F. Mayo and Bill Brummel's Viva la Causa and Patrick Creadon's I.O.U.S.A. will be screened in the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; series on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. Viva la Causa tells the story of a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/i-o-u-s-a-viva-la-causa-patrick-creadon-cesar-chavez/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TROUBLE THE WATER, THE WITNESS &#8211; FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/trouble-the-water-the-witness/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/trouble-the-water-the-witness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:04:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's Trouble the Water (above) and Adam Pertofsky's The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306 will kick off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Part Two of its 28th annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; screening series on Wednesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/trouble-the-water-the-witness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WILD OCEAN, HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/wild-ocean-hurricane-on-the-bayou-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/wild-ocean-hurricane-on-the-bayou-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:05:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18971</guid> <description><![CDATA[Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas' 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> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/wild-ocean-hurricane-on-the-bayou-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BLESSED IS THE MATCH, PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/blessed-is-the-match-pray-the-devil-back-to-hell/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/blessed-is-the-match-pray-the-devil-back-to-hell/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18389</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/blessed-is-the-match-pray-the-devil-back-to-hell/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DAVID MCCULLOUGH, GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/david-mccullough-philip-glass/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/david-mccullough-philip-glass/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17913</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/david-mccullough-philip-glass/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/encounters-at-the-end-of-the-world-flow/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/encounters-at-the-end-of-the-world-flow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Werner Herzog's Academy Award-nominated Encounters at the End of the World (above, lower photo) and Irena Salina’s Flow: For Love of Water will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Directed by Herzog and produced by Henry [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/encounters-at-the-end-of-the-world-flow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA, THE GARDEN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/crips-and-blood-made-in-america-the-garden-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/crips-and-blood-made-in-america-the-garden-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16845</guid> <description><![CDATA[Set in Los Angeles' impoverished inner city areas, the documentaries The Garden (above, lower photo) and Crips and Bloods: Made in America will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. In Scott Hamilton Kennedy's The Garden, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/crips-and-blood-made-in-america-the-garden-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MAN ON WIRE, IN A DREAM Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/man-on-wire-in-a-dream-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/man-on-wire-in-a-dream-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16103</guid> <description><![CDATA[Philippe Petit in James Marsh's Man on Wire (top); Isaiah and Julia Zagar in Jeremiah Zagar's In a Dream (bottom) James Marsh's Man on Wire and Jeremiah Zagar's In a Dream will launch the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 28th annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; screening series on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/man-on-wire-in-a-dream-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MY KID COULD PAINT THAT, SALIM BABA, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/salim-baba-please-vote-for-me/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/salim-baba-please-vote-for-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 03:12:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12645</guid> <description><![CDATA[Salim Baba (right), Please Vote for Me and My Kid Could Paint That will be screened as the final installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; series on Wednesday, June 3, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Salim Baba tells the story of 55-year-old Salim Muhammad, who, with the help of a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/salim-baba-please-vote-for-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>OPERATION HOMECOMING, BODY OF WAR Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/operation-homecoming-body-of-war-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/operation-homecoming-body-of-war-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:25:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11389</guid> <description><![CDATA[Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (top photo) and Body of War (bottom photo) will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 27th annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; series on Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Directed and produced by Richard E. Robbins, the Academy Award-nominated Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/operation-homecoming-body-of-war-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN, PORTRAITS OF A LADY Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/a-promise-to-the-dead-portraits-of-a-lady/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/a-promise-to-the-dead-portraits-of-a-lady/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:19:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10524</guid> <description><![CDATA[Neil Leifer's Portraits of a Lady and Peter Raymont's A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 27th annual Contemporary Documentaries series on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Portraits of a Lady takes a look at the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/a-promise-to-the-dead-portraits-of-a-lady/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE RAPE OF EUROPA, OCHBERG&#039;S ORPHANS Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/ochbergs-orphans-the-rape-of-europa/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/ochbergs-orphans-the-rape-of-europa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:32:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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