From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Crude

July 30, 2009

Title:              Crude
Director:             Joe Berlinger
Producer:           Liesl Copeland, Ted Sarandos, Joe Berlinger, Jon Kamen, Robert Friedman,
                                Frank Scherma, Justin Wilkes (Exec)
                                Michael Bonofiglio, Joe Berlinger, J.R. DeLeon, Richard Stratton
                                Rachel Dawson, Daniel Luciano, Leslie Luciano, Danielle Pelland (Co)
Cinema:               Juan Diego Perez
Editor:                 Alyse Ardell Spiegel
Music:                  Wendy Blackstone
Sound:                 Edward L. O’Connell
Year:                     2008 (100 minutes) 
Synopsis:  Three years in the making, this cinema-verite feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe [...]

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Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

July 28, 2009

Title:              Capturing Reality
Director:              Pepita Ferrari
Producer:            Michelle van Beusekokm
Cinema:                Marc Gadoury
Editor:                   Barbara Brown
Music:                   Robert M. LePage
Sound:                  Andre Boisvert
Year:                     2008 (98 minutes) 
Synopsis:  To make Capturing Reality, director Pepita Ferrari interviewed a number of prominent documentary filmmakers – Warner Herzog, Kim Longinotto, Albert Maysles, and Errol Morris to name a few.  Ferrari’s goal was to find out where they get [...]

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Coming Attractions: Give to Live

July 26, 2009

I received a very nice email from Justin de Leon, the director of the upcoming documentary Give to Live.  Justin wanted me to know that he is in the final stages of pre-production for the film and he will begin filming in Tanzania and Kenya at the end of the year.
Justin describes the film this [...]

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Big River Man

July 19, 2009

Title:               Big River Man
Director:              John Maringouin
Producer:            Mickey Contrell, Olivia Newton-John, John Easterling (Exec),
                                Maria Florio, Molly Hassel, Molly Lynch, John Maringouin, Kevin Ragsdale,
                                Roger Mayer, Borut Strel (Co)
Cinema:               John Maringouin
Editor:                 John Maringouin, Molly Lynch
Music:                  Rich Ragsdale
Year:                     2008 (94 minutes) 
Synopsis:  Michael Phelps set the world on fire in 2008 with his speed and dominance at the Olympics, but there’s another [...]

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An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams Story

July 17, 2009

Title:               An Unlikely Weapon
Director:             Susan Morgan Cooper
Producer:           Cindy Lou Adkins, Susan Morgan Cooper
Screenwriter:    Susan Morgan Cooper, Isaac Hagy
Cinema:               Isaac Hagy
Editor:                  Isaac Hagy
Music:                   Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Robin Turner
Sound:                  Luke Gibson, Bret Johns, Mark P. Stoeckinger
Year:                     2008 (104 minutes) 
Synopsis:  Eddie Adams photographed 13 wars, six American Presidents, and every major film star of the last 50 years.  History would be changed [...]

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