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All first-time director Paul Taylor wanted to do was "touch people with this story." He did much more than that. With credit cards and loans, Taylor went from film student to celebrated filmmaker in a little over three years. He also helped raise over £250,000 (about $496,000 US) for the children in Agape, an impoverished orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Centered on 12-year-old Slindile Moya and her extended family, We Are Together ( Thina Simunye) tells Agape's incredible story. The British director follows the orphanage's kids, all remarkably talented singers, as they embark on a
'kids + money,' a short doc that aired on HBO.
The June releases include 'Unmistaken Child,' 'Food Inc.,' 'Afghan Star' and more!
It was a brisk February night in Brooklyn, and, as it is most nights, the club Southpaw was packed with moving bodies, musicians on the stage and drinks flowing at the bar. But this was no ordinary night for showcasing the latest New York indie rock band. This was a celebration of a decade of social-issue documentary filmmaking and innovative distribution. And the women of Arts Engine held the stage. Over ten years ago, filmmakers Katy Chevigny and Julia Pimsleur envisioned a new kind of documentary production company. Inspired by the models of companies Pimsleur had worked with while living
"I put myself in their shoes," reasoned the legendary "Man in Black" when asked about his unparalleled popularity among inmates during his countless prison visits throughout a lengthy and illustrious career. Most famous among them, of course, was Johnny Cash's triumphant appearance at California's Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968, a year that would later unleash violence and unimagined tragedy. As demonstrated in a new documentary, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Cash, who himself had "seen the devil" through drink and drugs, and subsequently served time for both, acquired an unqualified
In 1977, when gay rights activist Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Word Is Out, the first documentary feature devoted to gay life in the US, premiered at San Francisco's Castro Theatre. Conceptualized and produced by Gimme Shelter cameraman Peter Adair and directed by the Mariposa Film Group collective (consisting of Adair, Nancy Adair, Rob Epstein, Andrew Brown, Lucy Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver), Word Is Out highlighted evocative, articulate and often humorous interviews with 26 gay and lesbian individuals, aged 18 to 77, during a relative golden period
SnagFilms hooks up with IMDb, Hulu streams a concert, a harsh 'World' view, more.
Michael Moore takes on global economic meltdown in new doc coming Oct. 2.
Website programs war-related docs to honor fallen soldiers.