Heather McIntosh questions the purpose of “best of” lists, referencing the recently published “The 20 Essential Documentaries of the Century.”
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“Propaganda” Is the Wrong Word to Describe Kartemquin Films
Heather McIntosh weighs in on the denying of of Kartemquin’s tax exemption because of the claims of its “making a selling of propaganda DVDs.”
Continue reading this entry »Oprah’s Documentary Club on OWN: What Happened?
In a recent article on Realscreen, Adam Benzine reported that the OWN Documentary Club is discontinuing its monthly screenings and shifting to a less specific schedule. The push behind getting the club started sounded promising. So what happened?
Continue reading this entry »CNN Films Jumps Into Documentary Fray with Spurlock, Rossi, Bourdain, and More
A look at the new CNN Films banner and some of the documentary and nonfiction programming it will offer.
Continue reading this entry »“Blacklisting,” Free Speech, and, Well, Huh
In a online video, Caveh Zahedi (The Sheik & I) claims he was “blacklisted” by festival programmer Thom Powers, who responded saying the filmmaker “can’t seem to accept that he’s made a film with a mixed response.”
Continue reading this entry »Women’s Voices: The Gender Gap Movie
Blogger Heather McIntosh revisits a 16-minute documentary short that first appeared in 1984 but remains timely.
Continue reading this entry »A Visit to Kartemquin Films: Uncovering a Documentary Technology Trove
Some of the older filmmaking technologies in use and in storage at Kartemquin represent important markers in documentary production history.
Continue reading this entry »A Visit to Kartemquin Films: An Inside Look at a Corner Documentary Production Studio
This post is the first in a series about my visit to the documentary production powerhouse Kartemquin Films.
Continue reading this entry »Four More Reasons Why Critics Favor Docs
In response to Indiewire’s claim that critics favor documentaries, Heather McIntosh offers four more reasons why docs have cachet.
Continue reading this entry »Josh Fox’s ‘The Sky Is Pink’ and Answers That Should Lead You To Ask More Questions
With the possibility that fracking will be allowed in New York state, director Josh Fox (Gasland) fires back with an 18-minute online short.
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Señorita Extraviada
May 22, 2013
7:00 pm
Irvine, California
Phi Lambda Rho is pleased to host their first annual Semana De La Mujer, a week-long event on the University of California, Irvine campus celebrating the complex and unique identity of Latinas. Through a series of events, including a screening of Señorita Extraviada, they hope to inform students about the issues affecting Latina students on campus, as well as issues affecting the Latina/o community as a whole. For more information, call (323) 246-8437.
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