Yesterday’s 40th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers got a lot of attention in the media. Here’s a roundup of coverage from around the Web. And don’t forget, you can watch The Most Dangerous Man: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers on the POV website until midnight tonight!
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Outside the Frame: The Ritual of the Year-End List
Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame, published every other Wednesday. It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not referring to Christmas, or “the holidays.” Nor am I referring to the winter solstice, New Years or festive binge drinking.
Continue reading this entry »Biting Back at the Media
To all those who rail against the media for overzealous reporting, taking advantage of those in crisis, or using underhanded methods to get a cheap scoop, meet your new hero, Alan Abel, whose lifelong pursuit has been to hang the media out to dry. Preying on mainstream media’s insatiable thirst for the lurid, the perverse,
Continue reading this entry »Arthouse Confidential: Cinema Vérité at Upstate Films
One summer weekend about 10 years ago, a friend and I were visiting a couple we knew in upstate New York. We wanted to catch a movie before we headed back to New York City that Sunday afternoon, so we asked what the options were. Our friends mentioned the local multiplex, but suggested that if
Continue reading this entry »What Documentary Would You Recommend to the Next President?
Over on the Moyers Blog this week, there is a lively debate about what one book the next occupant of the White House should bring along when he or she moves in next January. The post generated over 2,400 suggestions — and it is worth a look. The recommendations make up an eclectic list of
Continue reading this entry »Priming for Super Tuesday: Media Guide to Election ’08 Video on the Web
This year, there are so many sites that feature political coverage that it can be almost as overwhelming to wade through the coverage as it is to figure out who really stands for what. Here are a few sites that do a nice job of rounding up audio and video — from news, interviews with
Continue reading this entry »Media Guide: Gregory Warner on ‘This American Life’
Gregory Warner is a talented independent radio producer who worked with POV’s Web department on two episodes of POV’s Borders: Environment and American I.D. Gregory explored the surge in popularity (and sales) that bottled water has achieved in the past decade with an eye toward improving tap water’s poor public image, and charted the great
Continue reading this entry »Media Guide: Watch Feature-Length Documentary Films Online with Netflix “Watch Now”
We test out the service from Netflix that allows instant viewing of movies for PC users. When Netflix’s ‘”Watch Now” feature, which allows users* to watch* movies* instantly*, launched earlier this year, there was some excitement, until all those asterisks reared their ugly heads. And rear they did, and quickly, which is always how things
Continue reading this entry »Media Guide: Radio Roundup
Just coming back from seeing Jessica Yu‘s (POV’s In the Realms of the Unreal) new doc Protagonist and want to know more about her other work? Rented Sicko and want to hear Michael Moore‘s opinions on healthcare and the ’08 election? Can’t stop thinking about the Grey Gardens musical you saw last season and want
Continue reading this entry »Media Guide: The Masters of Documentary on ‘Charlie Rose’
When the Charlie Rose Show started putting the entirety of its archives on YouTube (3,860 videos and counting), it allowed us to revisit old interviews, and get insightful peeks into the brains of some of the most intelligent, powerful and creative people in American today. Among those are some of America’s greatest documentarians. Charlie Rose
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The Betrayal
May 31, 2013
7:00 pm
San Jose, California
Join the San Jose Peace and Justice Center for a screening of The Betrayal as part of their film series for Asian Pacific Heritage Month. For more information, call (408) 297-2299.
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