Topic: United States

Cousteau son to make new undersea films

The son of pioneering undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau is planning a new documentary series about oceanic life aimed at promoting conservation.The series, to be entitled "Ocean Alive", will consist of 12 documentary films and a feature. Cousteau hopes to film all of ...

Michael Moore bemoans US wealth, poverty paradox

Michael Moore, clad in customary baseball cap, a black T-shirt, baggy trousers and white sneakers, strolled into the neo-Gothic splendor of Georgetown University's Gaston Hall and began to preach."We as Americans have allowed a very small group of people to be highly ...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore called Thursday for a total boycott of Georgia after the southern US state, defying global protests, executed convicted police killer Troy Davis.On his website (www.michaelmoore.com), the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Bowling for Columbine" and "Sicko" also demanded that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Documentary "Inside Job" has inside track to Oscar

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 ...

Sundance documentaries offer broad view of the world

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 ...

The 50 best documentaries of all time

As long as there is fantasy and wish fulfillment onscreen, audiences will also yearn for the truth?or something close to it. FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (2004) America braced itself for Michael Moore's rage?during a presidential election year, no less. Moore's defiant success (it's still ...

Sicko Reviews

Michael Moore 's fifth feature length documentary film Sicko places the American health care system and pharmaceutical industry under the microscope for a typically humorous yet hard-hitting examination. Moore investigates the history of the U.S. health care system and then compares it ...

Super Size Me

Super Size Me , is a documentary written, directed, and based off of the experiences of Morgan Spurlock . Spurlock eats only McDonald's food during this time period, and documents the results. His three meals a day consisted of eating every item ...
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