1,645 posts tagged Documentary film

Stop the ReRoute: taking a stand on sacred land will show at the Riverview Theater at 7pm on Thursday, May 22. Stope the ReRoute tells the dramatic story of a community’s opposition to the State of Minnesota’s plan to drive a road through its birthplace, Camp Coldwater between Minnehaha Park and Fort Snelling - land considered historic to some and sacred to others.

Good flick. Available to watch for free on Ninjavideo. Of note: how the hardcore movement was grounded (counterbalanced?) by a Ronald Regan new world order reality keeping it away from the wild can-do hippie spirituality of the 60s; how Regan's reelection in '84 crushed so many folks and splintered...

I just called to say….I love my mobile phone! 17 May 2008 — Nalaka Gunawardene On this World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (May 17), I have a confession to make. I carry a murder weapon on my person every day and night, and I go to bed with it next to me within easy reach.

Friday After-School Work Session Filed Under (Documentary Ideas, Film Production, Teaching Reflections) by Melissa Lynn Pomerantz on 16-05-2008 and tagged documentary film, Teaching Reflections For almost 3 hours after school, on a beautiful spring Friday (and might I add that it was the first

I was having a hard time writing about my first experience with Kristine Barsky (interview on May 8, 2008 at the Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary in Ventura), perhaps because there were so many variables and factors that were changing and not constant during the entire experience. I was perhaps overwhelmed.

Review of Emmanuel Jal: War Child by Emma K. “I want to fly an airplane…I want a day that I can just live. My heart wants to learn how to fly an airplane.” These are the words of Emmanuel Jal, a Sudanese boy. He is speaking to a documentary crew who is shooting footage at a children’s refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Review of Saving Luna by Nur L. Saving Luna is a film that will resonate and tug at the heartstrings of all its audience. The breathtaking cinematography takes us deep into the heart of Nootka Sound, where the baby whale Luna suddenly emerges to greet the surrounding people.

Review of Alone in Four Walls by Sophia B. Alone in Four Walls begins with a close-up of a head being shaved. The head belongs to a small boy with a remarkably childlike face and a plethora of tattoos. This unusual and disturbing montage is only one of equally unique moments in the chilling documentary.

I know it’s a ways off (july 25th) but I find myself irresistibly drawn to this reminder of what it was like to be in High School.

This is like a mini version of The New Americans. The hell that this guy from Cameroon has to go through to get to France is unbelievable…but once he gets there there is really no question that it was a worthwhile journey. MediaStorm: Kingsley’s Crossing by Olivier Jobard