China's Communist Party isn't too happy with the Harrison Ford-narrated documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance. Find out why right here. Oh, and if you want to spend some time with His Holiness you can do just that by catching a screening of SUNRISE/SUNSET: DALAI LAMA XIV at DocuWeeks which spends 24 hours with him at his residence.
Michael Moore and pals are launching comedy fest beginning in 2010. No kidding. The Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival will be a collaboration between Moore and comedian/actor Jeff Garlin, Larry Charles and others. It will most likely take place the first week of March ("the deepest, darkest part of winter" in Michigan, Moore says). (via Spout.com)
Presented by Brave New Films, for the first time ever, the story of MoveOn.org is being told in a feature-length documentary film called MoveOn: The Movie. Order your DVD copy today. Also, share your favorite MoveOn.org moment and enter for a chance to win tickets to the premiere in either New York, Washington D.C. or Los Angeles. Trip includes (2) roundtrip airplane tickets and a (2) night stay.
Ken Burns is even long-winded when he's just talking about docs. While appearing Saturday at Summer TV Press Tour 2009 to discuss his 12-hour docu-series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, he talked and talked and talked. Washington Post TV columnist Lisa de Moraes let's him ramble in her entertaining account of the event. (via The Washington Post)SXSW 2010 is now open for business and taking film submissions. Early birds who can get their stuff together by November 5th can file for $25 (shorts) or $40 (features). Plus, check out the fest's fancy new website. (via SXSW.com)