April 30, 2004 Understanding Politics: Capturing History with an Independent Lens It's April, and the political season is in full swing as Americans explore the ideas, ethics and vision of a field of presidential hopefuls. For Read more
May 2, 2003 Style or Subject Matter: Which Has More Political Impact? Suppose one of those Oscar nominees that went on stage in solidarity with Michael Moore this year didn't really think that President Bush was a " Read more
October 1, 2002 Rob Epstein and Richard Schienchen's The Times of Harvey Milk Every time I watch The Times of Harvey Milk , directed by Rob Epstein and produced by Richard Schmienchen, I am overcome with emotion. Call me a Read more
July 1, 2002 Tom Cohen and Peter Davis' 'The Campaign' Picture this: A gregarious, glad-handing Irish pol finds himself in front of a skeptical class of well off, unsmiling high school students. Asked to Read more
February 1, 2002 Docs Lead the Race for Relevance, Post-9/11 Entertainment companies reeled in films and canceled dramatic shows that might remind people of the horrors of September 11, while channels that Read more
November 1, 2001 The Eyes of the World Focus on Ground Zero On September 11 and the days that followed, New York-based documentary filmmakers responded in different ways—some recorded what they saw on video, Read more
November 1, 2001 Political Correctness or Censorship: Confederates in the Deep, Deep South About seven years ago, I saw an article in the Los Angeles Times about a “forgotten colony” of American Civil War-era Confederates in the town of Read more
November 1, 2001 Reclaiming History in the Congo: Through Both Documentary and Feature During the Berlin Conference of 1885, Europe divided up the African continent, and the Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of Read more
October 1, 1990 State of the Union: Karen Rosenberg on Current Soviet Documentaries “It would appear that in the entire history of Soviet art, no sector has made such a phenomenal leap in quality as the documentary cinema," wrote Read more
October 1, 1989 Bleak Houses or How Murder Becomes a Mistery "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality." - Dante Alighieri BBC's chief of Read more