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Photo: David Lee
August 2006

Bamboozled on the Bayou: Spike Lee Documents Why the Levees Broke

Plus: The Never-Ending Journey of Frederick Wiseman
Greg MacGillivray's 'Hurricane'
Howard Hall's Underwater Adventures
Hot Docs, SFIFF, Full Frame, NALIP

Features:
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From Alexandra Lipsitz' 'Air Guitar Nation.' Photo: Magical Elves Producitons
Festival Focus: SXSW
By Sarah Jo Marks

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column
By Thomas White

Documentary makers take on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

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New York Times Crossword Puzzle Editor Will Shortz. From Patrick Creadon's 'Wordplay.'
Word Up! Puzzle Doc Teases the Brain
By Tamara Krinsky

On Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley's 'Wordplay.'

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From Spike Lee's 'When the Levees Broke.' Photo: David Lee. Courtesy of HBO
Bamboozled on the Bayou: Spike Lee Profiles Katrina Survivors
By Chuleenan Svetvilas

Spike Lee's Katrina epic, 'When the Levees Broke.'

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Courtesy of First Run Features
Ross McElwee's 'Sherman's March'/Jeffrey Blitz's 'Spellbound'
By Marshall Curry

An essay on two favorite docs.

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From James Longley's 'Iraq in Fragments.' Courtesy of Typecast Pictures
Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Three Docs Debunk Our Mainstream Media's Propaganda
By Kathy A. McDonald

'The Ground Truth,' 'The Blood of my Brother' and Iraq in FRagments'

Festival Focus: San Francisco International Film Festival
By Margarita Landazuri

'American Blackout,' 'The Bridge,' 'Jonestown' and more!

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From Jason DeSilva and Colleen O'Halloran's 'To Be Continued: The Story of the TBC Brass Band'
Like a Hurricane Katrina: Docs Blow into Full Frame
By Ron Sutton

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival programs a sidebar of Katrina docs.

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