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Watching and Reading: January 18, 2008

January 18, 2008 1:34 PM, by Ruiyan Xu

WATCHING

Howard RheingoldHoward Rheingold, Web guru, launched a new video blog this month (from BoingBoing)



Blue Vinyl DVD coverBlue Vinyl
P.O.V. alum Judith Helfand's 2002 doc aired on the Sundance Channel this month.


John McCain in New HampshireNew Hampshire Primary 2008
GuardianFilms' documentary team reports from the U.S.

READING

Robert Redford talks about the Sundance Film Festival's longstanding commitment to documentary film.

Oprah Winfrey To Form Television Network With Discovery Communications (from The New York Times)

Park City '08
indieWIRE continues to interview first-time Sundance filmmakers, including documentarians Katrina Brown (Traces of the Trade) and Peter Galison (Secrecy).

The Chutry Experiment
Chuck Tryon's blog reviews Pat Aufderheide's book Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction and discusses AJ Schnack and co.'s new award for documentaries.

Americans turn to online video
The BBC reports that online video sharing sites are reaping the benefits of the ongoing writers' strike in the U.S.

Up The Yangtze Director Yung Chang
indieWire interviews the first-time director about his new documentary about the effects of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

Anti-Piracy Dragnet Could Hurt 'Fair Use' of Copyrighted Video
The Center for Social Media releases a new report (from PBS Mediashift)

Apple to Let iTunes Users Rent Films as Well as Buy, People Say (from Bloomberg)

Tags: DVD, Sundance '08, What We're Watching, What We're Reading

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