North Carolina fest stages its 13th edition.
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'Casino Jack and the United States of Money' opens May 7.
Connie Field's doc series on the anti-apartheid movement airs January 12, 19 and 26 on PBS' 'Independent Lens.'
'Racing Dreams,' 'Teenage Paparazzo' and more get distribution. DOC partners with DIRECTV.
Curl up with your computer and watch a good doc!
Center for Asian American Media Turns 30, too.
South by Southwest Film Festival ( SXSW), held every March in Austin, Texas, has become a must-attend event for documentarians, for several reasons. There is the thoughtful curating of documentaries, under the aegis of Janet Pierson, who has a long history of nurturing independent filmmakers. There's none of that "well, but it's an important issue" selection that is the death of documentary curating, and there's very little of the shiny-edge, no-surprises commercial fare. (Oh, there was the IMAX film Hubble 3D, but it's excused for offering breathtaking views of the universe.) There's not much
From Christopher Quinn's God Grew Tired of Us. Courtesy of Christopher Quinn I cannot imagine thinking that my life was a struggle because God grew tired of me. But now when I hear that phrase, I can't help thinking about Big John Dau, a protagonist in Christopher Quinn's God Grew Tired of Us. My eyes still well up from the scene in which he reveals this. God Grew Tired of Us is full of moments that stick with you and make you think differently about excess, waste and the things we take for granted living in a modern world. Quinn is an amazing director with a talent for capturing things that
An interview with Rachel Rosen, director of programming at Los Angeles Film Festival.