After offering a live stream of President Barack Obama's inauguration last January, Hulu is taking the next logical step and streaming a...Dave Mathews Band concert. The site will showcase a live-on-the-Web concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York from 9:00 p.m. To 11:30 p.m. EST on June 1. The concert is a benefit concert for DMB's own Bama Works Fund. Ramping up to the event, the site will offering various Dave Matthews Band videos on May 28, as well as the documentary Scenes from Big Whiskey which chronicles the making of the band's new album. (via the DMB website)
SnagFilms is making the information-heavy IMDb (that's the Internet Movie Database) a whole lot more fun by integrating its docs into the site. The deal means that IMDb's 57 million monthly visitors will be able to access a significant part of SnagFilms' library from IMDb for free. It's all about working to increase the viewership of documentary films--something we couldn't be more into. (via SnagFilms)
Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel discuss their doc New World Order, a behind the scenes look at the underground anti-globalist movement. Oh, and the film opens today on at the Cinema Village in New York City (via indieWIRE)
IndieGoGo, a film-funding site that launched in January 2008, just passed $100,000 in member contributions. It operates under a unique concept: Filmmakers can directly interact with their fans, raise the profiles of their projects and ultimately turn to their future audiences to raise money. Read about that news and more on IndieGoGo's press area. Then, check out IndieGoGo in our feature about film fund raising here. (via The Wrap)