Tom Roston profiles ‘Your Name Is My Name’s Osata Dixon (@YourName_MyName), who distilled a documentary pitch into 104 compelling characters. Join a #tweetmydoc Twitter chat with Dixon Thursday at 12 PM Eastern.
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Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup.You can follow Tom on Twitter @DocSoupMan.
Doc Soup: The #tweetmydoc Pitches, So Far
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston looks at who’s been tweeting documentary pitches with the hastag #tweetmydoc. Share your doc over twitter by October 17, 2011 for a shot at a profile on the POV Blog.
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: Tweet Your Doc! (#tweetmydoc)
Later this month, Doc Soup Man Tom Roston will feature one documentary-in-progress that makes the most original and compelling use of Twitter — in 140 characters or less, of course. Share your doc with the hashtag #tweetmydoc by October 17, 2011.
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: ‘Last Train Home’ and Finding Ways to Empathize with the Zhang Family
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston asks whether its possible for most Americans to get inside the heads of the Zhangs, the Chinese migrant worker family at the center of the documentary Last Train Home.
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: A Documentary Dispatch from the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston recaps the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and previews films you can hope to see in theaters in the coming months.
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: Director Goran Hugo Olsson on ‘The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975′
Blogger Tom Roston writes about The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, which will be available on demand next week, and talks with the Swedish filmmaker of this very American film about the Black Power Movement in New York City.
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: What ‘Armadillo,’ ‘The Tillman Story’ and ‘Restrepo’ Teach Us
POV’s Doc Soup Man, Tom Roston, revisits three recent documentaries about war.
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: Docs Takes Round One in the Nonfiction vs Fiction Death Match
The numbers are in. It may not be a knockout, but nonfiction is our Round One champ!
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: Fiction vs. Nonfiction Death Match, Round One
It’s a film showdown: fiction films versus documentaries. POV’s Doc Soup Man Tom Roston and indieWIRE’s Anne Thompson take their differences into the ring. Which side are you on?
Continue reading this entry »Doc Soup: 10 Documentaries About Animals that Every Human Animal Should See
Independent journalist Tom Roston’s list of top animal documentaries is sure to ruffle a few feathers. Read Doc Soup Man’s mini-reviews then vote for your own favorite!
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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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