A Hollywood story is being turned into…a Hollywood story. The tale behind Cass Warner's book and documentary The Brothers Warner is being turned into a feature film, called The Brothers. The film was announced during Cannes. It's slated as a big-budget family drama based on the life story of Harry and Jack Warner, their youth, the creation of Warner Bros. and the brothers' struggle for power. The Brothers Warner DVD--and tons of other information--is available at http://www.warnersisters.com
Want to make an essay documentary like An Inconvenient Truth, Encounters at the End of the World or Religulous? It's easy! Ok, it's not, but SF360.org has laid out steps on how to do just that with a thorough and informative piece on their Indie Toolkit blog. Now grab a camera and go make something great. (via SF360.org)
Beginning in July 2009, The Sidney Hillman Foundation will inaugurate The Sidney, a new monthly award for an outstanding piece of socially-conscious journalism from a newspaper, magazine, web site, photojournalism essay, or any broadcast outlet. Nominations for the award can be submitted at http://hillmanfoundation.org/thesidneys and can be sent in by anyone, including the author of the work. Winners will receive $500 and a bottle of union-made wine. The deadline for submissions will be the last business day of the month. Past honorees of Hillman prizes include Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar for Made in L.A. (via The Sidney Hillman Foundation)
Tom Hanks has enlisted to exec produce a World War II documentary. Beyond All Boundaries will be screened daily in the National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, beginning Nov. 9. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Studios and a former senior military interrogator have a little something to say about Dick Cheney's policies on torture. See the video below and read up here. (via Brave New Foundation)