Documentaries

DVDs: Ron Howard Vs. Ron Howard

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Martin, TV Shows, Ron Howard, Wong Kar-Wai, Morgan Freeman, Paul Simon, Documentaries, Saturday Night Live, Dvds, Movies, Bill Murray, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

With Frost/Nixon opening today in select cities, Universal has found the right time to celebrate director Ron Howard by releasing The Ron Howard Spotlight Collection. Which four movies of Ron Howard's do you think are his best?

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Henry Rollins: Uncut from South Africa

Henry Rollins | Posted 11.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ifc, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Poverty, Africa, Henry Rollins, IFC Films, Documentaries, Travel, Film, Entertainment News
Henry Rollins

What I saw in my travels to Africa made me think differently about food, water, life, existence, America, pretty much everything.

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Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Jericho Parms | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Women, Tribeca Film Festival, Women's Issues, Liberian Women, Africa, Liberia, Documentaries, Film, Media News
Jericho Parms

While founded by former slaves from the United States, under the premise of freedom, Liberia's history has been marked by chaos and unrest.

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War Child, Story of a Sudanese Child Soldier Turned Hip Hop Star, is Horrifying, Humanizing, Edifying

Tonya Plank | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sudan Civil War, Hip Hop, Emmanuel Jal, Emma McCune, Africa, Sudan, Documentaries, Film, Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement, Movies, War Child, Movie Reviews, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

New indie documentary film War Child is a must-see. It tells the sad, courageous story of Emmanuel Jal, a young Sudanese man who was a child soldier during the Sudanese Civil War of the 80s, and became a successful Hip Hop artist.

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Uncut from New Orleans

Henry Rollins | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Michael Brown, Celebrities Talk Politics, George W. Bush, Henry Rollins, IFC Films, Hurricane Katrina, Documentaries, Politics News
Henry Rollins

I wanted to remind people that while things are better in New Orleans than when parts of the city were submerged, there is still a long way to go to bring the city back to full strength.

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We Are Not Plumbers, But We Know a Commander-in-Chief Who Can Fix What Bush Has Broken

Julie Bergman Sender | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, Documentaries, Election 2008, Film, Military Families, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News
Julie Bergman Sender

There are no more persuasive or moving voices we can listen to right now than the soldiers and families who have had and are currently experiencing, the pain, injury, loss, and aftermath of war first hand.

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YouTube and the Election

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phillip Berg Lawsuit, Documentaries, John McCain, Obama, Youtube, Barack Obama, Politics News
Hugh Hamilton

I am mystified by people who regard the constitution with the same reverence as the bible. A society is a living, breathing thing and a constitutional statute intended to stop foreigners from taking over doesn't seem to be relevant now.

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Trapped in Section 60: an Interview with the Directors of "Section 60: Arlington Nation Cemetery"

Katie Halper | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Arlington National Cemetery, Afghanistan, Economy, Documentaries, Matt O'neill, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Hbo, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Section 60, Jon Alpert, Arlington Cemetary, Iraq War, 2008 Presidential Race, Sheila Nevins, HBO Documentaries, Iraq, War Documentaries, Politics News
Katie Halper

Matt O'Neill: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become the background noise in this presidential election. No one is paying attention right now.

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What's Special About Wall Street

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Documentaries, Congress, Pork, Bailout, Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington, Video, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Jonathan Neil Schneider

With the election fast approaching and this issue still not getting the attention it warrants, I decided to screen Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington in its entirety for free.

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Politics as Bloodsport: A Conversation with Stefan Forbes, Director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Brad Listi | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Owen Glieberman, Gop, Karl Rove, John McCain, New Releases, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Howard Fineman, Tucker Eskew, George W. Bush, Stefan Forbes, Michael Dukakis, Boogie Man, Documentaries, Mary Matalin, Ed Rollins, Democrats, Entertainment Weekly, Movies, Sarah Palin, Willie Horton, Lee Atwater, Brad Listi, George H.W. Bush, Fox News, Republicans, Political Films, Director Interview, Film Directors, Political Strategy, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Home News
Brad Listi

Atwater's playbook is still winning Presidential races from his grave. He's the patron saint of political operatives and spinmeisters everywhere, and a hero to Republicans for his unrepentant vision of politics as war.

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The Lies Of "Hype": Exposing The Anti-Obama Movie's Deceptions

John K. Wilson | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Documentaries, Citizens United, David Bossie, Barack Obama, Movies, Smears, Hype: The Obama Effect, David Bossie Hype, Hype Citesens United, Hype Obama Book, Hype Obama, Home News
John K. Wilson

David Bossie and Citizens United, the far-right group behind the infamous racist "Willie Horton" ad that ran against Michael Dukakis, has made a movie on Obama. You can imagine the quality of the product.

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Man on Wire: A Film to Experience

Asher Goldstein | Posted 08.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Manhattan, Philippe Petit, Man on Wire, Documentary, World Trade Center, Documentaries, Twin Towers, Movies, Entertainment News
Asher Goldstein

Man on Wire tells the story of Mr.Petit, a French street performer who in 1974 walked across a metal wire that was illegally mounted between the now fallen Twin Towers in lower Manhattan.

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Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone

Joan Brooker-Marks | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ifc, First Amendment, Documentaries, Movies, Larry Flynt, Entertainment News
Joan Brooker-Marks

I interviewed Larry Flynt fifteen times over the course of 9 months, in two hours sessions. What I got from him was a little biography, a bit of outrageousness, and lots of politics.

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Bombs Over Baghdad

Juli Weiner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Baghdad High, Filmmaking, HBO Documentaries, Baghdad, Documentaries, Iraq, Entertainment News
Juli Weiner

The decision to give cameras to four Baghdadi teenagers is inspired; the boys document school and warfare with neutral equality, and it's thanks to this blind prioritizing that the film is able to capture the interiority of its subjects.

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American Teen: The Downside of "Reality"

Danny Miller | Posted 07.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: American Teen, Nanette Burstein, Documentaries, Entertainment News
Danny Miller

When did documentaries become something film studios needed to hide? It's one of my favorite art forms -- what is more effective than an excellent documentary?

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Everyday Emergencies: Life at Hopkins 24/7

Juli Weiner | Posted 06.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Documentaries, Abc, Hopkins 24/7, ABC News, Entertainment News
Juli Weiner

Graphic scenes of bleeding chest cavities and open skulls and throbbing hearts aside, Hopkins 24/7's most revealing close-up is its resonant portrait of the American family.

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ABC News Re-Learns How To Make Documentaries In Reality TV World With Return To "Hopkins"

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Abc, ABC News, Hopkins, ABC News Hopkins, Documentaries, ABC News Documentaries, Media News

NEW YORK — In filming a sequel to a 2000 series about Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, ABC News producers found that reality television had ...

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TWISTED: A Balloonamentary -- A Whole Lot Of Balloons

Sara Taksler | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Darfur, Counter-Programming, St. Louis International Film Festival, Documentaries, Balloons, Twisted: A Balloonamentary, Life-Affirming, Entertainment News
Sara Taksler

When your movie is about eight people whose lives are transformed by balloon twisting conventions, you have to work a bit harder to convince adults that your film will be worth their time.

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New Film, Hakani, Tackles Infanticide; Premieres In Hawaii

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Documentaries, Tribes, Brazil, Infanticide, Amazon, Movies, Child-Killing, Home News
Mark Joseph

David Cunningham premiered his latest film, Hakani, on the Big Island last night and I joined 100 or so guests to screen it. The film tackles the diff...

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Body of War

Frank Mankiewicz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Films About Iraq, Iraq War, Ellen Spiro, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Tomas Young, Phil Donahue, David Petraeus, Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, Documentaries, Iraq, General Petraeus, War in Iraq, Crocker, Body of War, Politics News
Frank Mankiewicz

Not your usual documentary, Body of War is a superb example of how film can illuminate human lives.

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The Greenhorns: A New Breed Of American Idol?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Severine Von Tcharner Fleming, The Greenhorns, Farmers, Agribiz, Farms, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Documentaries, Living News
Kerry Trueman

With dwindling resources, climate change, and the triple threats of peak oil, peak soil, and peak water nipping at our heedless heels, industrial agriculture is becoming a "luxury" we can't afford.

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Rock Has Come For Your Daughters

Sandra Fu | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Beth Ditto, Rock 'N Roll, Rock 'N' Roll Camp for Girls, Girls Rock, The Gossip, Shane King, Documentaries, Arne Johnson, Music, Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney, Entertainment News
Sandra Fu

Girls Rock! tracks four girls from different backgrounds during a weeklong hideaway in Portland, where they form bands, write songs and eventually throw a concert for hundreds.

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How We Got a Film About a Serious Childbirth Injury (Obstetric Fistula) That No One in America Ever Heard of Into Movie Theaters

Allison Shigo | Posted 03.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Catherine Hamlin, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, Reginal Hamlin, Unfpa, Ethiopia, Women's Health, Health, A Walk to Beautiful, Pregnancy, Documentaries, Nicholas Kristof, Obstetric Fistula, Childbirth, Entertainment News
Allison Shigo

Women in developing countries are either dying while giving birth or dying a symbolic death when they develop a fistula and are left to live the rest of their lives alone.

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America's Heart of Darkness: Comments on Taxi to the Dark Side

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Damien Corsetti, Ron Kovic, Charles Ferguson, Jack Sheehan, Alex Gibney, Iraq, Taxi to the Dark Side, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Detainees, Sicko, Michael Tucker, Detainee Abuse, Afghanistan, Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, Bagram, Gunner Palace, Sidney Blumenthal, Torture, Documentaries, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Watch this five-minute YouTube clip with FBI Special Agent and interrogator and Damien Corsetti talking about torture and going over the line.

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The One Percent

Jamie Johnson | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: U.S. Economy, Wealthy, Jamie Johnson, The One Percent, Wealth, Johnson & Johnson, Recession Fears, Born Rich, Recession, Wealth Gap, Ivanka Trump, Bill Gates, Documentaries, Vanderbilt, Whitney, Forbes, Mega-Rich, Paul Orfalea, Donald Trump, Warren Buffett, Super-Rich, Entertainment News
Jamie Johnson

Many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all -- they are actually excited about it.

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