Topic: Documentaries

Toronto film festival hot on docs? "You Betcha!"

TORONTO (Reuters) - Death row, Sarah Palin, and wannabe Vulcans are some of the topics audiences can explore this year through the Toronto International Film Festival's documentary line up, announced on Wednesday.The 10-day festival opens on September 8 and includes world premier ...

Jackson rehearsal footage nixed for doctor's trial

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Raw film footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing a planned concert in the days before his death will not be shown to the jury in the upcoming trial of his personal doctor, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Monday.Prosecutors ...

Iran arrests documentary film-maker: report

Iranian film-maker and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi has been arrested in the capital, the opposition website Kaleme.com reported.Mohammadi "was arrested on Sunday morning at her home by unidentified security forces," said the site of former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is ...

Tribeca documentaries examine bullying and toxicity

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deadly poisoned drinking water at a U.S. Marine Corps base, and bullying in U.S. high schools are among subjects of documentaries aiming to strike a nerve at the Tribeca Film Festival this week.Just short of half of Tribeca's ...

"Restrepo" director Tim Hetherington killed in Libya: doctors

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Photojournalist Tim Hetherington, the co-director of Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo," died in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata on Wednesday, doctors said.Getty photographer Chris Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he ...

"Restrepo" director killed in Libya: doctors

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Photojournalist Tim Hetherington, the co-director of Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo," died in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata on Wednesday, doctors said.Getty photographer Chris Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he ...

Morgan Spurlock's new film takes swipe at advertising

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Director Morgan Spurlock readily admits the idea for his new documentary was a stroke of genius.The "Super Size Me" director convinced 15 companies to pay $1.5 million to fund his latest non-fiction film, opening in U.S. movie theaters ...

Tribeca film festival turns ten

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival, born as a way to revive downtown Manhattan after the September 11 attacks, turns ten this week and is leading a push for new ways for audiences to watch independent films.The high-profile festival, which ...
The One World human rights film festival kicked off in Bucharest on Thursday offering 37 documentaries promising to tackle sometimes prickly issues under the theme "What a wonderful world?!"Alongside the showings at the six-day festival in the Romanian capital will be debates ...
Directors Gretchen and John Morning will premiere their documentary on Kathy Gilleran's search for her missing gay son at TribecaDirectors Gretchen and John Morning will premiere their documentary on Kathy Gilleran's search for her missing gay son at New York City's Tribeca ...