Topic: Documentaries
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Inside Job," a film blaming financial institutions for triggering the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, won the Academy Award for best documentary on Sunday.The prize went to director/producer Charles Ferguson, who recently won the documentary prize ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Documentary director Charles Ferguson knew he had a great global story in the 2008 financial crisis, but he still worried that "Inside Job" could fall into the category of a boring film if not jazzed up properly.So he ...
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Violence inflicted on Iranian protesters, big business infiltrating the U.S. justice system and an inspiring portrait of race car driver Ayrton Senna are all subjects of documentaries that are winning fans at Sundance 2011.More than two dozen ...
Two years after taking home an Oscar for the tightrope documentary "Man on Wire," British director James Marsh has come to Sundance with a heartbreaking tale about a chimp raised to be human."Project Nim" tells the story of a 1970s US experiment ...
"Warts and all" peeks behind-the-scenes offer fascinating insightDisney Docs Look Inside The Magic Kingdom By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Three new documentaries from Disney offer fascinating peeks at a trio of very different, but very interesting, facets of the Walt Disney Studios. Unfortunately, ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - On December 9, the Florida Clemency Board, on the urging of outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist and in its last meeting of the year, will consider pardoning Doors frontman Jim Morrison.Morrison was convicted of indecent exposure after a ...
Short film ideas are very specific because the course of the story has to begin and end in a very brief period of time. Thinking of an longer film idea is often much easier because it can remain vague, but getting ideas ...
Leonard Retel Helmrich's star continued to rise as he accepted the VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary for Position Among the Stars (Stand Van De Sterren) at an awards ceremony in Amsterdam on November 26, 2010.. The Dutch director also took ...
Director Ally Derkx announced the nominations for this year's International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) on November 24, 2010. IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary (longer than 60 minutes) Holy Wars (USA / Canada) by Stephen MarshallMarathon Boy (England) by Gemma AtwalStand Van ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In the 82-year history of the Academy Awards, no documentary has been nominated for best picture.Instead, since 1942, documentary features have been recognized in their own category, separate from the balloons and confetti showered on the best ...
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One Inch Punch Documentary
A short documentary on the One Inch Punch. Interviews with ...2006-04-25 -
8 Must See Documentaries Vol 1
Watch. Listen. Learn. Teach. Why We Fight: This film moves ...2009-07-21 -
Welcome to North Korea by Peter ...
Type: Documentary Rating: NR Running Time: 60 Minutes Starring: Directed ...2007-05-27
