Mugabe and the White African Articles

Sam Rockwell in Moon Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller Moon — made for US$5 million, or about 1/zillionth of the cost of Star Trek, 2012, or Avatar — won best picture and best debut director honors at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) held this evening in London. Written by Nathan Parker from Jones' original story (with shades of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Moon tells the [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 semi-finalists in the 2010 Academy Awards' Documentary Feature category. Eighty-nine films had been in the running. The 15 documentary feature semi-finalists are: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and [...]

2009 Silver Docs Film Festival Awards 2009 Silver Docs Film Festival: June 15-22 in Washington, D.C.   Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher's October Country (top) depicts the multi-generational story of an American working-class family coping with myriad problems, from poverty to war. Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey's Mugabe and the White African chronicles the fight of a white family to protect their land from deranged [...]