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Reporter (92 min)
DVD (2010)
From HBO, REPORTER is a feature documentary about Nicholas D. Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost single-handedly put the crisis in Darfur on the international radar.
REPORTER is a clarion call - a potent reminder that real reporting is crucial to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good.
"Intelligent, moving...a vivid characterization of an impassioned journalist" Variety
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Kent State: The Day the War Came Home (47:30)
DVD (2010)
Emmy Award, News & Documentary
The definitive story of the Kent State shootings is told here for the first time. The haunting photograph of Mary Vecchio poised in anguish over the body of a slain student. The fervor of the wounded student activist still consumed by the need for justice 30 years later. The former Guardsman living with a badge of shame few could imagine.
"leaves viewers feeling as if they were on the bloody scene." The Hollywood Reporter
"...a very good teaching resource. It tells the story...efficiently and effectively. Since 2000, I have used (it) in sociology classes ranging from the introduction to sociology and social problems to collective behavior and social movements. It is a very good documentary for stimulating class discussion. The instructor can feel confident about using it as a teaching tool because it has so few errors."
-Jerry M. Lewis
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Kent State University
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Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
DVD Release 2011 (30 min)
Academy Award nominee (1994):
Best Documentary, Short Subject
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
artfully explores the world of the prominent and controversial
photographer. With her own children as subjects, Mann has been
exploring the subtle truths of childhood in an ongoing series.
It's a fascinating visit to the rural bohemia of the photographer
and her main models: her eerily self-posessed children, whose
nude pictures gave Pat Robertson fits.
Bonus Feature:
Alec Baldwin interviews Blood Ties Director Steven Cantor (30 min)
An in depth interview with the Director from the Independent Film Channel Series Raw Footage.
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Devil's Playground (77 min)
DVD re-release (2011)
Emmy Award Nominee, News & Documentary
Directed by Academy Award nominee, Lucy Walker
Produced by Academy Award nominee, Steven Cantor
"haunting, provocative and unexpected" - Kenneth Turan, LA Times
On the day of their sixteenth birthdays, every Amish child is given free reign to explore all the conveniences and temptations of life in the outside "English" world, during a crucial period in their lives known as Rumspringa.
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The Atlanta Child Murders (48 min)
DVD Director's Cut (2010)
This new director's cut of THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS with previously unseen footage added examines the controversial investigation and trial that rocked the nation in the early 1980's. Directed and Produced by Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award Winner Mark Mori.
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Building Bombs (54 min)
(2007, full DVD 161 min including extras)
Academy Award nominee, feature documentary
Offering rare archival footage and a deceptively upbeat atmosphere, this Oscar nominated film delves into the lives of a community gripped by the ultimate weapon of mass destruction - the hydrogen bomb. Pastoral Aiken, South Carolina is home to the Savannah River Plant, the epicenter of America's top-secret atomic bomb-making apparatus. BUILDING BOMBS artfully grapples with the profound realities of a world filled with nukes by listening closely to those who must live day-to-day in the shadow of the H-bomb.
"frightening, an effective muckraking film" - The New York Times
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Raw Footage (6 episodes - approx. 1hr each)
DVD re-release (2011)
The journey of the independent filmmaker is explored in this six-part series from the Independent Film Channel. Engaging interviews with some of today's vanguard directors explore the filmmaker's work from inspiration
to realization. Get the behind the scenes story on films like Spanking the Monkey, Primary, A Perfect Candidate and The Panama Deception. RAW FOOTAGE is intelligent and chock-full of useful information along with
first-hand accounts of adventures in the mercurial world of independent cinema.
Available as individual episodes or as a complete series.
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Episodes
Robert Drew (Primary, The Chair)
David O. Russell (Spanking the Monkey)
Allison Anders (Mi Vida Loca, Gas, Food, Lodging)
R.J. Cutler (War Room)
David Van Taylor (Dream Deceivers)
Freida Lee Mock (Academy Award Winner - Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision)
Steven Cantor (Academy Award Nominee - Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann)
Barbara Trent (Academy Award Winner - The Panama Deception)
Joshua Seftel (Taking on the Kennedys)
Michael Pack (Hollywood vs. Religion)
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