P&N's Film, Video & Documentary Thread

Che: Rise and Fall

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"CHE: Rise and Fall", from the crib to the grave; from the early summers in Argentina to Mexico and then Sierra Maestra; from the days as a bureaucrat in Havana to the jungles on Congo and Bolivia. "CHE: Rise and Fall", saga and myth. Already released in Germany, France, England and translated to twelve languages focuses on Guevara's trials and tribulations evoked by old friends and comrades to unveil a unique Che, not so divine yet irreplaceable. This extraordinary documentary was entirely shot in Cuba while the remains of the guerrilla fighter were being airlifted from Vallegrande, a one horse town in Bolivia, thirty years after his execution. Dr. Alberto Granados, Che's motorcycle companion, joins three surviving members of Guevara's Iron Guard to bring about a chilling testimony of one of the greatest legends of the twentieth century: CHE.

Noam Chomsky Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours

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Noam Chomsky spoke recently in New York at an event sponsored by the Brecht Forum. More than 2,000 people packed into Riverside Church in Harlem to hear his address, titled Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours. In his talk, Chomsky discussed the global economic crisis, the environment, wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, resistance to American empire and much more.

Interviews with Noam Chomsky (2003)

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Noam Chomsky is interviewed by Bill Zimmerman.


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Noam Chomsky is interviewed by Peter Ludlow.


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Noam Chomsky is interviewed by John Kuo Wei Tchen.

'Capitalism: A Love Story': Michael Moore's New Movie

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has finally announced the title of his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story. I have to admit, I like it a lot more than the previously proposed “Save The CEOs”, which came from the clever and nontraditional teaser trailer Moore released in June. Others had speculated that the doc would be titled “Bailout,” which I also liked. But Capitalism: A Love Story hits the perfect note. In the announcement, Moore calls the film “the perfect date movie.” Moore recently joked that people could call the film “A Michael Moore Comedy About the End of the World as We Know It.”

It’s got it all — lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It’s a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let’s just say it: It’s capitalism.

Overture Films will release Capitalism: A Love Story on October 2nd 2009, a year and a day after the United States Senate voted to approve the $700 billion bailout. It is also the same week that Moore’s feature debut Roger & Me made its U.S. Premiere 20 years ago. And this new film comes full circle, with Moore returning to the issue that began his career: “the disastrous impact that corporate dominance and out-of-control profit motives have on the lives of Americans and citizens of the world. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime scene far wider than Flint, Michigan.”

The film will “explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore has described as “the biggest robbery in the history of this country” – the massive transfer of U.S. taxpayer money to private financial institutions.”



http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/08/michael-moores-capitalism-a-love-story/

Portrait of a Kennedy

‘Teddy’ kicks off new HBO documentary series


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By JAMIN BROPHY-WARREN

When the news of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s brain tumor emerged last year, reporters flocked to cover each new development in the story. But Sheila Nevins, head of HBO Documentaries, opted for a longer view.

Working closely with Rory Kennedy, co-founder of Moxie Firecracker Films (and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy), HBO quickly cobbled together interviews with the senator from film and radio. Debuting Monday, “Teddy: In His Own Words” gives an overview of the senator’s life.

“I didn’t know very much about him except for the Teddy we know now,” says Ms. Nevins.

HBO had completed similar projects on Ted Kennedy’s brothers John and Robert. In “Teddy,” old footage of the family is shown with Mr. Kennedy’s voice as narrator.
The film tracks his career from his initial foray into politics through his work on issues like civil rights, health care reform, and the minimum wage.

“Teddy” kicks off HBO’s summer series which will feature a new documentary every Monday. All the movies focus on serious subjects: “Prom Night in Mississippi” looks a town’s attempt to mount an interracial prom while “Boy Interrupted” is about a 15-year-old’s struggle with depression. “We’ve cornered the market on sad,” says Ms. Nevins.

The new HBO documentary series appears amid a glut of reality television, including Oxygen’s competitive weight-loss show “Dance Your A** Off” and the popular “Real Housewives” franchise on Bravo.

HBO is embracing a form of reality television with its documentary series, but the network is giving the genre its own spin.

“The theatre of real people’s lives is infinitely interesting without too much doctoring,” says Ms. Nevins. “There’s nothing more fascinating than overhearing a real conversation. Nothing has to be redone. You don’t have to follow a family that’s not real or put people in a house. I’m just not interested.”


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204261704574276221532178890.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Thoth

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Haunting and enigmatic, S.K. Thoth built a reputation as one of America's great street performers. Chronicling his life from childhood to the present, "Thoth" captures the spirit of an individual who has made personal freedom his occupation. Directed by Sarah Kernochan, the film won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short

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SK Thoth, the star of this doc. comes through a whole pile of pain in his life and through the process learns who he wants to be. He was a shy, fearful child who never smiled after his parents broke up. Racism was rampant in the states and he was a product of a mixed marriage, a Jewish father and an Afro-American mother, both educated intellectuals. Close to suicide he makes a conscious decision to explore his whole being and dare to embrace all of it, including a language and country he invented as a child. The results are enthralling viewing and I particularly enjoyed the reactions of the audience to Thoth's performance in the Tunnel in Central Park. The reaction of the brokers on Wall Street was a different matter!

The Presidents Sing the Star Sprangled Banner

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Great thread! Lots of interesting material, some new, some forgotten but now revisited. So thanks alot, especially to Jellyfishlips.

Thanks truffaut! Glad you enjoy the thread. I've been a little slow updating lately but there will be some new stuff coming along soon.

Obama, The Movie

In one of the fly-on-the-wall moments of HBO's upcoming documentary "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama," speech writer Jon Favreau gets an election night call from his boss. After some consultation with Obama about the victory address, Favreau inserts a line about the hard road ahead.

Now, as President Obama's poll numbers fall and he is mired in an uncertain push for health care reform, the scene and the documentary itself may feel like a morale booster to his staff and supporters.

The project, which had its debut screening in Los Angeles on Wednesday, is among the most anticipated of all documentaries from last year because of the access they obtained by directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams and producer Edward Norton.

You see it in the backstage moments, before Obama takes the stage to massive crowd, or in the victory trek that David Axelrod and David Plouffe take from the Chicago headquarters to the candidate's election night hotel suite, where there is a brief glimpse inside.

This documentary isn't "The War Room," D.A. Pennebaker's 1993 documentary about the Clinton campaign that focused almost exclusively on George Stephanopoulos and James Carville. "By the People" is less expose and more historical record, capturing the campaign from start to finish and most often in a positive light.

"Our intent was never to try to make an expose per se," Norton said after the screening. "I think it was always to make a document of what the internal reality of the movement was."

Among those at the screening was Lynn Sweet, who covered the campaign for the Chicago Sun-Times and is featured in the documentary, said that "the most important stuff in this movie is the stuff that shows Obama talking about Obama. That is why this is an important movie. They are the only ones to have this kind of exclusive footage and exclusive access."

The project is the brainchild of Rice, who started shooting Obama on May 11, 2006, and stopped on June 28, 2009. She described a process of constantly pressing for access, with the threshold higher as Obama headed toward Election Day.

There are candid moments in "By the People": access to Michelle Obama at home with Malia and Sasha, interviews with Obama's sister and brother in law in Hawaii, an audio interview with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who describes the child Obama as a "normal boy" who "wanted to be a big-time basketball player." But there is nothing that could possibly be embarrassing about it. Obama and, by and large his staffers, are largely calm, cool and collected in their private moments.

Obama, after three hours of shaking hands in Iowa in 2007, complains half jokingly, "It's like I've been through a wrestling match." When he is preparing for the final debate with John McCain, he tries to find just the right tone when his rival brings up William Ayers. "I don't want to sound whiny about his lies," Obama says. In another instance during the general election, Axelrod grouses, "It is getting very ugly out there. What McCain and Palin did was really irresponsible. They are inciting people."

The 100-minute movie focuses on Obama and a number of senior aides, including Plouffe and Axelrod, it also captures younger staffers in field operations, including Mike Blake, who started as deputy political director in Iowa, and Ronnie Cho, who started as Iowa field organizer.

The closest thing to cringe worthy is in the replay of the days leading to New Hampshire, when Plouffe predicts victory. Obama tells Clinton, "You're likable enough." And Hillary has a tearful moment. "We believed we were guarding against hubris. I'm not sure we were," Obama admits shortly afterward.

In the long primary slog ahead, staffers lament the "search and destroy" tactics of the Clinton campaign, although there is no mention of the hard-nosed campaigning that Obama's team deployed as well. Tommy Vietor says he fears a "doomsday scenario": that the primary season takes them all the way to Pennsylvania. If only it ended that soon. There is some angst over Reverend Wright, as Obama's speech on race is cast as a kind of gutsy move to salvage the campaign, but it's hardly the level of the drama that played on on cable news.

"These are people who have a kind of instinctive restraint," Norton said. "It is one of the things you see about Obama, both publicly and in his private moments. You see how carefully he controls his emotional reactions. Even with the trust we established with them, Axelrod in particular is too savvy a person not to know the presence of a camera affects the way people talk and behave."

"At every generation in politics, people are more savvy at what it means to expose yourself, and I think this is one of the most media savvy bunch of campaigners in history."

Just about the only out-of-the-ordinary moment we see from the candidate is among the most poignant of the movie, and something that took place in full view of the public: Nov. 3, when he speaks to a North Carolina rally just hours after learning that his grandmother passed away. The camera was close enough to capture a few tears streaming down Obama's face as he delivers his stump speech.

Norton said the movie was screened to Axelrod, Robert Gibbs and other staffers before the inauguration, as well as to the Obamas around the holidays. The movie will be shown on HBO on Nov. 4, a year since the election. (Update: I'm told that the day of the movie's HBO debut will be Nov. 3, the night before the anniversary).

Blake, who now works as deputy associate director for intergovernmental affairs at the White House, trekked to Los Angeles for the screening. He said the movie will "remind us of why we all worked so hard."

"Change takes time," he said, "and I think the campaign is a testament to that."

Variety - http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2009/07/obama-the-movie.html

3 Points


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In 2007, Rockets star Tracy McGrady traveled to Darfur refugee camps in Chad in order to educate himself about the crisis and film a documentary. Since then, he has also presented a plan to build schools to facilitate the education of the refugees. He has been been a constant advocate for aid to Darfur, and has inspired other NBA stars to speak out as well. McGrady even changed his jersey number from No. 1 to No. 3 to promote the cause.

The hour-long documentary, Three Points, has now been released on Hulu. Hulu's Rebecca Harper also has an interview with McGrady, where he reveals that seeing a public service announcement on Darfur featuring Sudanese Bulls forward Luol Deng provided the final impetus to take up this project.

SEPTEMBER RELEASES



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AMERICAN CASINO:

The failing economy is also targeted in American Casino, which opens in select theaters on September 4, distributed by Argot Pictures. In the documentary, filmmaker Leslie Cockburn shows how Wall Street gambled with their client's investments -- and lost.

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CRUDE:

On the month's must see list is the brilliant Joe Berlinger's Crude, a smartly crafted documentary that exposes Chevron's devastating petroleum contamination of Ecuador's Amazon region, reveals its disasterous effects on the environment and on tribal people who live near and depend on the river, and covers the lawsuit brought against the multinational giant by a heroic local lawyer. Distributed by First Run Features, Crude opens on September 9.

Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brothers Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion Amazon Chernobyl case, Crude is a real-life, high stakes legal drama involving global politics, the environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous cultures. Subverting the conventions of advocacy filmmaking, this award-winning film explores a complex situation from all angles, bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus. Rarely have such conflicts been examined with the depth and power of Joe Berlinger‚s documentary Crude. These real characters and events play out on the screen like a sprawling legal thriller. - Stephen Holden, The New York Times


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NO IMPACT MAN:

Also on the environmental theme, the New York-centric No Impact Man hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles, followed by a nationwide roll in ensuing weeks. Check Oscilloscope Pictures for the schedule. The documentary chronicles the year long commitment of journalist Colin Beavan and his family to live in Manhattan without environmental impact -- translate that into relinquishing refrigeration, electric lights, elevators, automobiles, television and other conveniences. It's an interesting investigation about what we think we need and what we actually do need -- materially and emotionally.


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CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY

Most highly anticipated among September's theatrical releases is Michael Moore's latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, which opens in select cities on September 23, distributed by Overture Films. As the title indicated, the documentary is Moore's unique take on why our economy is failing, a subject recently covered in several documentaries, including the acclaimed I.O.U.S.A.

New Ken Burns documentary about our National Parks

http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/



A film by Ken Burns, September 27th, 8/7C, PBS

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Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than 30 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, he has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, and The War.

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, which was written and co-produced by Burns’s long-time partner Dayton Duncan, is slated to air on PBS starting September 27, 2009. The film is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.

This compelling narrative traces the birth of the national park concept from its evolution nearly 150 years ago. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in any of his films, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction. It is simultaneously a biography of compelling characters and of our American landscape.

Extended Preview:

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PBS brings you a preview of the newest Ken Burns documentary series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA. The 12-hour, six-part documentary series, directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague, Dayton Duncan, who also wrote the script, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Coming in September, Only on PBS. Premieres Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Oliver Stone's Hugo Chavez Documentary

"South of the Border"

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VENICE, Italy — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a movie star welcome Monday at the Venice Film Festival, where he walked the red carpet with director Oliver Stone for the premiere of the documentary "South of the Border."

Hundreds of admirers, some chanting "president, president," gathered outside of the Casino for the leader's arrival. Chavez threw a flower into the crowd and touched his heart, and at one point took a photographer's camera to snap a picture himself.

Security outside the Casino was tightened in advance of Chavez's arrival with military police checking bags.

Stone says "South of the Border" is meant to illustrate "the sweeping changes" in South America in recent years as a direct counterpoint to what some say is Chavez's depiction as a dictator by U.S. and European media.

Stone spent extensive time with Chavez for the 75-minute documentary, which is premiering at the Venice Film Festival on Monday, and also interviewed the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba and Paraguay, whom Stone said "are on the same page" as Chavez.

"He's a guy you should meet and get to know. ... He's the star of the movie," Stone said in an interview before the premiere.

Stone said he wanted to illustrate changes that put leaders in many South American countries in power who represent the majority of their populations, a movement started with Chavez. He cited Bolivian President Evo Morales, the first Indian to be elected president, and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a well-known trade unionist.

"If you look now, there are seven presidents, eight countries with Chile, that are really moving away from the Washington consensus control," Stone said. "But in America, they don't get that story."

Stone was invited to Venezuela to meet Chavez for the first time during the Venezuelan leader's aborted rescue mission of Colombian hostages held by FARC rebels. The mission was aborted, but Stone said the Chavez he met was different than some U.S. media depictions.

He returned in January to interview Chavez, and continued on to four other countries to interview Chavez's allies, with Cuban and Ecuadorean leaders joining him in Paraguay.

Stone is best known for his dramas, but he also has made four documentaries, including "Comandante," the 2003 documentary based on a meeting with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, which the director says in many ways led him to Chavez.

"I used the real man," Stone said. "I hope you realize how dynamic he is in the movie. What I like about the film is you see how sincere he is on camera. You don't see a guy who is a phony. He's not a dictator."

Stone had said he spent "several hours here and there" with Chavez. The movie shows him at Chavez's enormous desk and visiting the president's childhood home, where he rides into the frame on a child's bicycle, which breaks under his weight. He immediately offers to pay for it. Footage also shows Chavez driving his own vehicle and stopping to greet supporters.

Stone said he didn't see it necessary to present the opposition's case in his film.
"A dark side? There's a dark side to everything. Why do you seek out the dark side when the guy is doing good things?" Stone asked. "He is a democrat and there is opposition to him, and he's not perfect. But he is doing tremendous things for Venezuela and the region."

Stone concedes that Chavez "says things unnecessary to provoke. I think he doesn't have to do that." But he said his opinion of Chavez only improved during the making of the documentary.

"People forget that he cut the poverty rate by one half," Stone said. "People in Venezuela are getting an education, they are getting health care and welfare. He actually delivered on what he said he would."

The movie's screenwriter is Tariq Ali, the British-Pakistani historian who most recently wrote "Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope" and it was produced by Fernando Sulichin. Stone also was advised by economist Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

"South of the Border" is showing out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, which ends Saturday with the awarding of the Golden Lion.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/07/oliver-stones-hugo-chavez_n_278641.html

Big Bucks, Big Pharma

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Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big Bucks, Big Pharma challenges us to ask important questions about the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being.

Objectified


Trailer:

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Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.

Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?

Objectified is the second part of a three-film “design trilogy” by Gary Hustwit, details on the third film will be released soon. Objectified had its world premiere at the SxSW Film Festival in March 2009, and is currently screening at film festivals, cinemas, and special events worldwide.

TEDTalks

How the Internet strengthens dictatorships

Evgeny Morozov


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TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls "iPod liberalism" -- the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy -- with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent.

Authors@Google

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David Wessel visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to present his book "In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic". This event took place on September 23, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series.

For more than twenty years David Wessel has been The Wall Street Journals insider at the Federal Reserve, the ultimate protector of the financial system on which the entire economy relies. With continual access to its chairmen, governors, policy makers, and staffers, Wessel has an insiders view of the biggest ongoing story of our time. IN FED WE TRUST: Ben Bernankes War on the Great Panic is Wessels authoritative and penetrating account of what Fed chairman Bernanke and his team knew (and when), what took them by surprise, what they were thinking at critical moments as they labored to prevent economic calamity, and more.

Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body

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Anatomy of Casino Capitalism

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For Luther...



Lead like the great conductors

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An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders.

Benjamin Zander on music and passion

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Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.

Authors@Google: David Plouffe

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David Plouffe visits Google's San Francisco office to present his book "The Audacity to Win". This event took place on November 11, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. A long-time Democratic Party campaign consultant, Plouffe is an American political strategist best known as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

Goldman Taking Away People's Homes

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How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash

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Goldman Left Investors Holding its Subprime Bag

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Goldman's Walk on Subprime Wild Side

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Can the Goldman Ponzi Scheme Happen Again?

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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

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"William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": New Documentary Examines Life, Legacy of Famed Radical Attorney

Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed Chicago 8 activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer. To his daughters, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for; it also reveals a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who risked public outrage and the safety of his family so that justice could serve all.

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

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Simple yet riveting, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the madness of racism in the South of the 1950s. Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews, this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened when a mischievous 14 year old black boy from Chicago, visiting his relatives in Mississippi, whistled at a white woman in the street.

The lynching that followed was so gruesome that a media circus surrounded the trial–and what stunned the nation was not only the crime, but the blithe unconcern the citizens of a small Mississippi town felt toward the brutal murder of a black teenager.

The interviews suspensefully unveil the story, moving from the viewpoint of Till’s mother to the perspective of his Southern cousins to actual film of Till’s uncle, who had the astonishing courage to accuse the two killers in court. Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, addressed the entire country in news footage, begging that something be done so that her son did not die in vain.

The awkward, un-media-savvy quality of the 1950s interviews may seem to come from another world, but the harsh truth of what happened sprang all too clearly from America’s still unresolved racial conflicts. A passionate, compelling documentary.