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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; documentaries</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/documentary/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 04:26:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>James Cameron Collaborator Andrew Wight, Cinematographer Mike deGruy Die in Helicopter Crash</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-andrew-wight-sanctum-mike-degruy-obit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-andrew-wight-sanctum-mike-degruy-obit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:49:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37091</guid> <description><![CDATA[Producer Andrew Wight (right), best known for his collaboration with James Cameron on Sanctum, and cinematographer Mike deGruy, among whose credits is the documentary Deep Blue, have died earlier today as their helicopter crashed while taking off from an airstrip south of Berry in New South Wales, Australia. Wight, from the Australian state of Victoria, was 51; deGruy, from Santa Barbara, California, was 60. According [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-andrew-wight-sanctum-mike-degruy-obit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steve James/THE INTERRUPTERS, Frederick Wiseman/Censored Classic TITICUT FOLLIES: Cinema Eye Honors</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36582</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies Steve James' The Interrupters topped the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors announced earlier this evening. The Interrupters received honors as Best Nonfiction Film and for Best Director, a first in the organization's five-year history. [Full list of Cinema Eye Honors winners.] Despite generally positive reviews and several US-based critics' awards, The Interrupters is not in the running for the 2012 Oscars. Curiously, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, John Bunny, George Kuchar: National Film Registry 2011 Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/national-film-registry-movies-glenn-ford-gloria-grahame/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/national-film-registry-movies-glenn-ford-gloria-grahame/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:09:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36359</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat FORREST GUMP, BAMBI, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: National Film Registry 2011 Movies Besides the aforementioned Hester Street and Norma Rae, women are also at the forefront of Julia Reichert and Jim Klein's Growing Up Female (1971); Chick Strand’s Fake Fruit Factory (1986), a documentary about Mexican women who create ornamental papier-mâché fruits and vegetables; and the recently deceased George [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/national-film-registry-movies-glenn-ford-gloria-grahame/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>1/2 REVOLUTION, BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS: Sundance 2012 World Cinema Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/putins-kiss-big-boys-gone-bananas-revolution-sundance-2012-world-cinema-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/putins-kiss-big-boys-gone-bananas-revolution-sundance-2012-world-cinema-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:48:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36070</guid> <description><![CDATA[Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim's ½ Revolution WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION ½ REVOLUTION / Denmark (Directors: Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim) — In January 2011, two filmmakers captured the reality of the Egyptian revolution as it occurred out of view from the world's media in the alleyways and streets away from the square – and in the process were arrested by the secret police. North [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/putins-kiss-big-boys-gone-bananas-revolution-sundance-2012-world-cinema-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME, LOVE FREE OR DIE: Sundance 2012 U.S. Documentary Competition Pt.2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/slavery-by-another-name-love-free-or-die-sundance-2012/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/slavery-by-another-name-love-free-or-die-sundance-2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:19:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36066</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sam Pollard's Slavery by Another Name CHASING ICE, DETROPIA: Sundance 2012 U.S. Documentary Competition U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION (cont.) The Invisible War / U.S.A. (Director: Kirby Dick) — An investigative and powerfully emotional examination of the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military, the institutions that cover up its existence and the profound personal and social consequences that arise from it. Marina Abramovi? The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/slavery-by-another-name-love-free-or-die-sundance-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CHASING ICE, DETROPIA: Sundance 2012 U.S. Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chasing-ice-detropia-sundance-2012-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chasing-ice-detropia-sundance-2012-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:18:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36065</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Orlowski's Chasing Ice U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION I The world premieres of 16 American documentary films. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry / U.S.A., China (Director: Alison Klayman) — Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations and increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government. The Atomic States of America / U.S.A. (Directors: Don [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chasing-ice-detropia-sundance-2012-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AIDS, War, the Environment, the West Memphis Three: Oscar 2012 Documentary Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aids-war-west-memphis-three-oscar-2012-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aids-war-west-memphis-three-oscar-2012-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:48:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35955</guid> <description><![CDATA[The West Memphis Three: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory AIDS, American football, horses, the environment, war, the American Injustice System, Harry Belafonte. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 semi-finalists for the 2012 Best Documentary Feature Academy Award. Included on the list are James Marsh's Project Nim, a nominee for the British Independent Film Awards; Wim Wenders' [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aids-war-west-memphis-three-oscar-2012-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY: Truth vs. Reality</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-art-of-documentary-jessica-yu-werner-herzog-truth-reality/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-art-of-documentary-jessica-yu-werner-herzog-truth-reality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35810</guid> <description><![CDATA[CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY Review Pt.1 The problem with those comments is that none of them really addresses the fact that documentaries are not really concerned with truth, but with reality vs. fiction. Many people confuse truth with reality, and given this film’s title it would have behooved Ferrari to explore the very difference between reality and truth that so many of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-art-of-documentary-jessica-yu-werner-herzog-truth-reality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY Review: d: Pepita Ferrari</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/capturing-reality-the-art-of-documentary-review-pepita-ferrari/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/capturing-reality-the-art-of-documentary-review-pepita-ferrari/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:54:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35808</guid> <description><![CDATA[CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY (2008) Director: Pepita Ferrari Cast: Kevin Macdonald, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Jennifer Baichwal, Eduardo Coutinho, Joan Churchill, Nick Broomfield, Patricio Guzmán, Werner Herzog, Jessica Yu, Scott Hicks, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Hubert Sauper, Peter Wintonick Pepita Ferrari's Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Pepita Ferrari’s 2008 documentary on the insights of the documentarian’s craft, Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/capturing-reality-the-art-of-documentary-review-pepita-ferrari/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gotham Awards: Audience Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gotham-awards-being-elmo-the-first-grader-buck/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gotham-awards-being-elmo-the-first-grader-buck/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:20:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35746</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oliver Litondo, The First Grader The five nominees for the Gothams' Festival Genius Audience Award have been announced. They are: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Buck, Girlfriend, The First Grader, and Wild Horse, Wild Ride. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, Constance Marks' documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey traces the life and career of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Elmo. Cindy Meehl's Buck is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gotham-awards-being-elmo-the-first-grader-buck/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>From Pinochet and Reagan to General Butt Naked and Terrorism Paranoia: IDA Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pinochet-reagan-david-mckay-terrorism-general-butt-naked/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pinochet-reagan-david-mckay-terrorism-general-butt-naked/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:20:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35575</guid> <description><![CDATA[The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced its list of 2011 award nominees. Up for Best Feature are Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega's Better This World, Peter D. Richardson's How to Die in Oregon, Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light, Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion's The Redemption of General Butt Naked, and Tatiana Huezo's The Tiniest Place. [Photo: David McKay, imprisoned as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pinochet-reagan-david-mckay-terrorism-general-butt-naked/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REAGAN, DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS: IDA Nominations Pt.2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/reagan-daniel-ellsberg-and-the-pentagon-papers-documentaries/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/reagan-daniel-ellsberg-and-the-pentagon-papers-documentaries/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:25:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35573</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan in Eugene Jarecki's Reagan Euthanasia, Political Repression, Liberian Warlord: International Documentary Association Nominations DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field. GUAÑAPE SUR Director/Executive Producer/Writer: János Richter Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/reagan-daniel-ellsberg-and-the-pentagon-papers-documentaries/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Euthanasia, Political Repression, Liberian Warlord: International Documentary Association Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/euthanasia-liberian-warlord-documentary-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/euthanasia-liberian-warlord-documentary-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35571</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway's Better This World From Pinochet and Reagan to General Butt Naked and Terrorism Paranoia: International Documentary Association Nominations BEST FEATURE AWARD BETTER THIS WORLD Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway &#38; Kelly Duane de la Vega Producer: Mike Nicholson Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, John Battsek, Nicole Stott, Chana Ben-Dov, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary&#124;POV) Loteria Films, Bullfrog Films, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/euthanasia-liberian-warlord-documentary-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christian-Muslim Relationships, Ayrton Senna, Justin Bieber: 2012 Cinema Eye Honors Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ayrton-senna-justin-bieber-nostalgia-for-the-light-cinema-eye-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ayrton-senna-justin-bieber-nostalgia-for-the-light-cinema-eye-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:45:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35555</guid> <description><![CDATA[Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light From the the remains of political prisoners buried in Chile's Atacama desert to Muslim-Christian relationships within a (very large) family in Indonesia: Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, Steve James’ The Interrupters, Patricio Guzmán’s Nostalgia for the Light, Leonard Retel Helmrich’s Position Among the Stars, James Marsh’s Project Nim and Asif Kapadia’s Senna are all in the running for Outstanding Achievement [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ayrton-senna-justin-bieber-nostalgia-for-the-light-cinema-eye-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2012: Best Documentary Short Subject Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2012-best-documentary-short-subject-semi-finalists/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2012-best-documentary-short-subject-semi-finalists/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:39:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35474</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lucy Walker's The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Lucy Walker's The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Rebecca Cammisa's God Is the Bigger Elvis, and Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill's In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution are among eight films still in the running for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Five of those shorts will earn Oscar nominations. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2012-best-documentary-short-subject-semi-finalists/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel-Set Documentaries PRECIOUS LIFE, STRANGERS NO MORE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/precious-life-movie-strangers-no-more-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/precious-life-movie-strangers-no-more-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:36:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35460</guid> <description><![CDATA[Two Israel-set documentaries, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon's Oscar-winning short subject Strangers No More and Shlomi Eldar's feature Precious Life (right), will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; series on Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/precious-life-movie-strangers-no-more-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Controversial Afghanistan War Documentary ARMADILLO on DVD</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/controversial-afghanistan-war-documentary-armadillo-dvd/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/controversial-afghanistan-war-documentary-armadillo-dvd/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:07:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35362</guid> <description><![CDATA[Janus Metz's Armadillo Janus Metz's acclaimed and controversial war documentary Armadillo will be available on DVD via Kino Lorber on October 18. Set among Danish troops embedded in Afghanistan, Armadillo caused quite a stir in Denmark due to its less than flattering portrayal of Danish soldiers at war. Armadillo received the top prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival's International Critic' Week sidebar. Additionally, it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/controversial-afghanistan-war-documentary-armadillo-dvd/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another Sarah Palin Movie Bombs: Palin Box-Office Poison</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-box-office-poison-sarah-palin-you-betcha/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-box-office-poison-sarah-palin-you-betcha/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin cutout, filmmaker Nick Broomfield, Sarah Palin &#8211; You Betcha! Anna Faris-Chris Evans-Zachary Quinto/WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?: One of Worst Box-Office Openings Ever Sarah Palin &#8211; You Betcha! is the second Sarah Palin movie to bomb this year. Directed by sometime collaborators Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill, Palin's You Betcha! movie collected an estimated $7,400 at 6 locations in North America this weekend, averaging a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-box-office-poison-sarah-palin-you-betcha/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MUHAMMAD ALI: A.K.A. CASSIUS CLAY Review d: Jim Jacobs</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-a-k-a-cassius-clay-jim-jacobs/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-a-k-a-cassius-clay-jim-jacobs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:03:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35159</guid> <description><![CDATA[MUHAMMAD ALI: A.K.A. CASSIUS CLAY (1970) Direction: Jim Jacobs Written by: Bernard Evslin Narration: Richard Kiley MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI Review The best of the trio of documentaries mentioned in my Muhammad Ali: The Greatest post was Muhammad Ali a.k.a. Cassius Clay, made in 1970 by boxing promoter Jim Jacobs and narrated by Richard Kiley. Jacobs' film is the most stylistically daring of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-a-k-a-cassius-clay-jim-jacobs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI Review</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-made-in-miami-gaspar-gonzalez-alan-tomlinson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-made-in-miami-gaspar-gonzalez-alan-tomlinson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35157</guid> <description><![CDATA[MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI (2008) Produced by Gaspar González, Alan Tomlinson Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami. Photo: © Bob Gomel MUHAMMAD ALI:THE GREATEST Review d: Carlos Larkin Shot in 2008 and clocking in at 54 minutes, Gaspar González and Alan Tomlinson's PBS documentary Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami covers much of the same terrain as Carlos Larkin's Muhammad Ali: The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-made-in-miami-gaspar-gonzalez-alan-tomlinson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MUHAMMAD ALI: THE GREATEST Review d: Carlos Larkin</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-the-greatest-carlos-larkin/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-the-greatest-carlos-larkin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:23:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35155</guid> <description><![CDATA[MUHAMMAD ALI: THE GREATEST (2001) Direction and narration: Carlos Larkin Muhammad Ali Growing up in the 1970s, the specter of heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali &#8212; whom I could never stand &#8212; was everywhere. Contrary to opinions voiced about him post-Parkinson's Disease, Ali was the most despised athlete of that era. The most beloved was actually soccer superstar Pelé. Nonetheless, from that time on a raft [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-the-greatest-carlos-larkin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sarah Palin Movie THE UNDEFEATED NOT Opening-Weekend Box-Office Flop</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-movie-the-undefeated-not-box-office-flop/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-movie-the-undefeated-not-box-office-flop/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:19:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27418</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin is The Undefeated Despite reports to the contrary, the Sarah Palin movie The Undefeated did not play to empty houses on its first weekend out in North America. According to Box Office Mojo, The Undefeated brought in $65,132 at 10 locations over the weekend of July 15-17; the Stephen K. Bannon-directed film's per-theater average was a so-so $6,513. So, &#34;so-so&#34; may not mean [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-movie-the-undefeated-not-box-office-flop/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Judy Collins in FESTIVAL New York Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/judy-collins-festival-murray-lerner-academy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/judy-collins-festival-murray-lerner-academy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:04:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27393</guid> <description><![CDATA[Judy Collins, Festival Judy Collins; Joan Baez; Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow; Donovan; and Odetta, are some of the performers featured in Murray Lerner's 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival. The film will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/judy-collins-festival-murray-lerner-academy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar-Nominated Documentary FESTIVAL Screening in New York</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-nominated-documentary-festival-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-nominated-documentary-festival-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:03:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27392</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow, Festival Murray Lerner's 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The program will feature a newly struck print from the Academy Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-nominated-documentary-festival-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rock Hudson Documentary Synopsis</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rock-hudson-gay-documentary-synopsis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rock-hudson-gay-documentary-synopsis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:24:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27315</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rock Hudson ROCK HUDSON: DARK AND HANDSOME STRANGER Documentary The synopsis below of Andrew Davies and Andre Shafer's Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger is from the Berlin Film Festival website: Rock Hudson was a dream of a man; the epitome of masculinity: tall, slim and muscular, with a deep, mellifluous voice. His glossy black hair, sparkling eyes, high cheek bones and sensuous lips made [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rock-hudson-gay-documentary-synopsis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ROCK HUDSON: DARK AND HANDSOME STRANGER Documentary</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/rock-hudson-dark-and-handsome-stranger-berlin-43443/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/rock-hudson-dark-and-handsome-stranger-berlin-43443/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:23:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22142</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rock Hudson Andrew Davies and Andre Shafer's Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger was screened in the 2010 Berlin Film Festival's Panorama sidebar. [Rock Hudson documentary synopsis.] Universal star Rock Hudson, one of the top box-office attractions in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s, died of AIDS complications in his Beverly Hills home in 1985. Hudson, who was gay, lived a closeted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/rock-hudson-dark-and-handsome-stranger-berlin-43443/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 6</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Mike Nichols-Elaine May's PRIMARY COLORS: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 5 Directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, the documentary Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer attempts to show that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's downfall was quite possibly set up by his powerful Wall Street enemies. Unlike [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Review d: Michael Moore</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 23:30:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/</guid> <description><![CDATA[FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (2004) Direction and screenplay: Michael Moore Recommended Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 THE BURNING BUSH While criticizing U.S. president George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, filmmaker Michael Moore was loudly booed by some at the 2003 Academy Awards ceremony. Not long afterwards, Moore decided he was gonna show ‘em who was right. And show ‘em he does with his Palme d'Or-winning documentary Fahrenheit [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Princess Diana Death/Conspiracy Documentary UNLAWFUL KILLING: Cannes 2011 Controversy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/princess-diana-death-unlawful-killing-keith-allen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/princess-diana-death-unlawful-killing-keith-allen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 18:23:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27057</guid> <description><![CDATA[Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, Unlawful Killing Screened at Cannes on Friday, Keith Allen's documentary about the British royal family, Unlawful Killing, will likely fail to find the popular reception accorded to The Queen, The King's Speech, and Will and Kate's wedding. After all, the self-proclaimed &#34;antidote to The King's Speech,&#34; is a documentary that, as per The Associated Press, &#34;claims Britain's royals are racist 'gangsters [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/princess-diana-death-unlawful-killing-keith-allen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&quot;A Conversation with Doug Block&quot; at Los Angeles&#039; The Cinefamily</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doug-block-conversation-the-cinefamily/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doug-block-conversation-the-cinefamily/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 22:51:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27049</guid> <description><![CDATA[Doug Block The International Documentary Association will present &#34;The Art of the Personal Documentary: A Conversation with Doug Block&#34; at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16, at The Cinefamily (the old Silent Movie Theatre). Doug Block is the New York-based director of 51 Birch Street and The Kids Grow Up. He and moderator Marjan Safinia (But You Speak Such Good English, Seeds) will discuss the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doug-block-conversation-the-cinefamily/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EVERY LITTLE STEP, SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/every-little-step-soundtrack-for-a-revolution/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/every-little-step-soundtrack-for-a-revolution/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 21:40:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26966</guid> <description><![CDATA[James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's Every Little Step Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's Soundtrack for a Revolution, and James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's Every Little Step will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/every-little-step-soundtrack-for-a-revolution/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tim Hetherington Dies: Photographer and RESTREPO Co-Director Killed in Libya</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tim-hetherington-dies-photographer-restrepo-killed-libya/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tim-hetherington-dies-photographer-restrepo-killed-libya/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:17:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26887</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington, Restrepo Tim Hetherington, who co-directed with Sebastian Junger the Oscar-nominated feature documentary Restrepo, was killed by mortar fire in Misrata (also spelled as &#34;Misurata&#34;), Libya. He was 41. Three other journalists &#8212; Chris Hondros, Michael Brown, and Guy Martin &#8212; were wounded, two of them seriously. The Liverpool-born news photographer was covering the Libyan civil war for Vanity Fair, with particular [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tim-hetherington-dies-photographer-restrepo-killed-libya/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <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
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26868</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rebecca Cammisa's Which Way Home Rory Kennedy's The Fence and Rebecca Cammisa's Academy Award-nominated Which Way Home will be screened as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 29th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Directed Kennedy is expected to in attendance. Admission to all screenings in the series [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLOSE-UP Review d: Abbas Kiarostami</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:29:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26800</guid> <description><![CDATA[NEMA-YE NAZDIK / CLOSE-UP (1990) Direction and Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami Cast: Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Abbas Kiarostami is one of those &#34;name&#34; non-American directors who is looked to as a god. The low-budget Nema-ye Nazdik / Close-Up is the second Kiarostami effort I have seen and it is an excellent film. [Note: spoilers ahead] Close-Up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WAR GAME Review d: Peter Watkins</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-war-game-peter-watkins/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-war-game-peter-watkins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:28:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18248</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE WAR GAME (1965) Direction and Screenplay: Peter Watkins Narration: Michael Aspel and Peter Graham Oscar Movies Peter Watkins' The War Game By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: For anyone who thinks that those 50-pack mega-DVD sets of public domain films put out by several different video companies are worthless, I would argue that the amount of films you get for the money is worth it, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-war-game-peter-watkins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Academy&#039;s Best Documentary Longlist Leaked? THE TILLMAN STORY, WAITING FOR &#039;SUPERMAN&#039; Included</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-best-documentary-the-tillman-story-waiting-for-superman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-best-documentary-the-tillman-story-waiting-for-superman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:14:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25561</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pat Tillman (left) in Amir Bar-Lev's The Tillman Story The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences haven't officially released their longlist of Best Documentary Feature contenders for the 2011 Oscars, but the 15-film list has already been circulating online thanks to a leak (see "update" below) somewhere inside the Academy. (Deadline was the first site to publish the list; others have followed suit since.) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-best-documentary-the-tillman-story-waiting-for-superman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New York&#039;s Documentary Film Festival DOC NYC 2010 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doc-nyc-2010-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doc-nyc-2010-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25496</guid> <description><![CDATA[Laura Israel's Windfall Press Release: DOC NYC, New York's documentary festival, now in the midst of its inaugural year, announces its award winners the night of Sunday, November 7th at the festival's gala screening of Errol Morris's new film Tabloid at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Prizes were awarded by juries in both the "Viewfinders" and "Metropolis" sections; festival audiences also selected an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doc-nyc-2010-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</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>NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Q&amp;A Part II: Edgar Ray Killen and the &quot;Mississippi Burning&quot; Murders</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-edgar-ray-killen-mississippi-burning-murders/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-edgar-ray-killen-mississippi-burning-murders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:23:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24968</guid> <description><![CDATA[Exhuming the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner (top); Baptist preacher and convicted murderer Edgar Ray Killen (bottom) NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Q&#038;A with Filmmakers Micki Dickoff, Tony Pagano: Part I Would you say most people in Mississippi (and in Neshoba County) believe that justice has been served, or&#8230;? Is there a &#34;color line&#34; (or perhaps a &#34;political [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-edgar-ray-killen-mississippi-burning-murders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM: Q&amp;A with Filmmakers Micki Dickoff, Tony Pagano</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-the-price-of-freedom-interview-micki-dickoff-tony-pagano/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-the-price-of-freedom-interview-micki-dickoff-tony-pagano/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:22:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24967</guid> <description><![CDATA[Directed, produced, and edited by Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano, Neshoba: The Price of Freedom offers a unique peek into the mind of an unrepentant racist, Edgar Ray Killen. Killen, a Baptist preacher and the leader of a group of Klansmen accused of brutally murdering civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, Miss., in June 1964, is the only [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-the-price-of-freedom-interview-micki-dickoff-tony-pagano/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM &#8211; &quot;Mississippi Burning&quot; Murders Documentary to Open in NY and LA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-the-price-of-freedom-mississippi-burning-murders-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-the-price-of-freedom-mississippi-burning-murders-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:22:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24808</guid> <description><![CDATA[Neshoba: The Price of Freedom will have its US theatrical premiere in New York City on Aug. 13 at Cinema Village. Los Angeles will follow suit on Sept. 10. Directed by Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano, Neshoba: The Price of Freedom delves into both the legacy and the story behind the disappearance and murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/neshoba-the-price-of-freedom-mississippi-burning-murders-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS on DVD: North African Arabs Helping Jews During World War II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/among-the-righteous-arabs-jews-holocaust/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/among-the-righteous-arabs-jews-holocaust/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:02:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24747</guid> <description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmEw5M-xK64[/youtube] Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands, a PBS documentary based on Robert Satloff's book, is now available on DVD. According to its press release, Among the Righteous &#34;investigates forgotten links between Arabs and Jews during the Holocaust to reveal the great heroism that took place during this tumultuous period in history.&#34; In the ForaTV clip above, Satloff discusses &#34;several [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/among-the-righteous-arabs-jews-holocaust/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oliver Stone Rebuffs Larry Rohter&#039;s NEW YORK TIMES&#039; SOUTH OF THE BORDER Criticisms</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oliver-stone-larry-rohters-new-york-times-south-of-the-border-attack/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oliver-stone-larry-rohters-new-york-times-south-of-the-border-attack/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:51:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24671</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez, Oliver Stone, South of the Border The letter below was posted at the Center for Economic Policy and Research's website under the heading &#34;Oliver Stone Responds to Attack from the New York Times' Larry Rohter.&#34; Rohter's original piece on Stone's just released (via Cinema Libre) South of the Border, &#34;Oliver Stone's Latin America,&#34; can be found here. South of the Border's chief focus [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oliver-stone-larry-rohters-new-york-times-south-of-the-border-attack/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Silverdocs Festival: Sterling Short Competition 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-short-competition-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-short-competition-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:01:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24363</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jay Rosenblatt's The Darkness of Day STERLING SHORT COMPETITION ALBERT’S WINTER / Denmark, 2009, 30 minutes (Director: Andreas Koefad)—A young boy in Germany struggles to deal with his mother’s devastating terminal cancer. As the illness lingers unspoken in the background, Albert goes through the motions of his day-to-day life but knows that something is terribly wrong. ARIRANG – LETTER TO BARACK / Germany/North Korea, 2010, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-short-competition-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Silverdocs Festival: Sterling World Feature Competition 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-world-feature-competition-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-world-feature-competition-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24362</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yael Hersonski's A Film Unfinished STERLING WORLD FEATURE COMPETITON THE ARRIVALS / France/French Embassy, (2009), 111 minutes (Directors: Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard)—Arriving on the shores of France is merely the beginning of a labyrinthian journey for more than 50,000 refugees seeking asylum through the municipal reception center in Paris each year. North American Premiere. AS LILITH / Israel, 2009, 78 minutes (Director: Eytan Harris)—After [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-world-feature-competition-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Silverdocs Festival: Sterling US Feature Competition 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-us-feature-competition-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-us-feature-competition-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:59:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24361</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alexandra Codina's Monica and David STERLING US FEATURE COMPETITION BEYOND THIS PLACE / USA/Switzerland, 2010, 92 minutes (Director: Kaleo La Belle)—Cloud Rock La Belle is the quintessential hippie, still living a perpetually stoned and carefree lifestyle 40 years after the ‘60s ended. His son attempts to re-connect with his absentee father by taking a 500-mile bike trip together around the Pacific Northwest. US Premiere. CAMERA, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-festival-sterling-us-feature-competition-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Silverdocs Documentary Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-documentary-festival-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-documentary-festival-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:58:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24360</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stephen Marshall's HolyWars AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival, which takes place June 21-27, 2010 in the Washington, D.C. area, have announced their 2010 line-up. Films will be presented in five sections: Sterling US Feature Competition, Sterling World Feature Competition, Sterling Short Film Competition, and the to-be-announced Silver Spectrum and Spotlight Programs. According to the Silverdocs Festival website, &#34;new this year is a retrospective series of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/silverdocs-documentary-festival-2010/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>Silvio Berlusconi&#039;s Sex, Lies, and Earthquake: DRAQUILA: ITALY TREMBLES</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/draquila-italy-trembles-silvio-berlusconi/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/draquila-italy-trembles-silvio-berlusconi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 05:43:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24197</guid> <description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRC6fl7fdsE[/youtube] &#34;Spring had just begun along the beautiful peninsula and they were after Berlusconi. It was a shitty day like so many others &#8230;&#34; the narrator explains in the clip above from 46-year-old standup-comic-turned-director Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila: L'Italia che trema / Draquila: Italy Trembles. Italy's finances were (and still are) in turmoil and right-wing prime minister-businessman Silvio Berlusconi was embroiled in a series of nasty [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/draquila-italy-trembles-silvio-berlusconi/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> </channel> </rss>
