LOS ANGELES, CA (November 30, 2012) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the Documentary Motion Picture nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are: A PEOPLE UNCOUNTED THE GATEKEEPERS THE ISLAND PRESIDENT THE OTHER DREAM TEAM SEARCHING FOR...
The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “The Education of Mohammad Hussein,” Loki Films “Inocente,” Shine Global, Inc. “Kings Point,” Kings Point Documentary, Inc. “Mondays at Racine,” Cynthia Wade Productions “Open Heart,” Urban Landscapes Inc. “ParaÍso,”...
From the Academy Award-nominated directors of Jesus Camp, Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, Detropia premiered September 7 and is showcased in select theaters across the country. Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century— the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle...
An investigative look at America’s war on drugs and its impact on the criminal justice system. Director Eugene Jarecki was Bill Maher’s first guest on Real Time tonight with a message that’s been obscured for decades: The so-called War on Drugs is effectively a War on Minorities, and the causalities of that war are predominantly young Black men The House...
Ebert tweets the big news himself. “Whoa! My memoir has been optioned for a doc by Steve James (“Hoop Dreams”) and Steven Zaillian, with Martin Scorsese as exec producer.” In 1994, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel placed Steve James documentary Hoop Dreams at #1 on both their Top 10 Lists. In 2009 Roger Ebert wrote: Today, fifteen years after I first saw it, I believe...
Take a good long look at that sign. Those proportions are correct. The poster for the “book” reveals what it’s really about. But some slick publicist helped them make the movie look classier, more ambiguous about its true intentions. Make no mistake, this is a hate-fueled piece of propaganda garbage and I get to say so because I’m a blogger. I’m...
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