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I watched the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama on a television set in a Park City condo. I was at the 25th Sundance Film Festival, where I was pitching a project, as a Sundance Documentary Institute Fellow, about Black photographers. And though I was far from DC, I was excited to share the experience and euphoria of the inauguration of the nation's first president of color, elected against all odds after an incredible campaign that used media to empower and give voice to constituencies usually discounted and ignored. I felt the desire to document this incredible event, to be a
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'Valentino' continues stylish success story.
All first-time director Paul Taylor wanted to do was "touch people with this story." He did much more than that. With credit cards and loans, Taylor went from film student to celebrated filmmaker in a little over three years. He also helped raise over £250,000 (about $496,000 US) for the children in Agape, an impoverished orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Centered on 12-year-old Slindile Moya and her extended family, We Are Together ( Thina Simunye) tells Agape's incredible story. The British director follows the orphanage's kids, all remarkably talented singers, as they embark on a
'kids + money,' a short doc that aired on HBO.
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It was a brisk February night in Brooklyn, and, as it is most nights, the club Southpaw was packed with moving bodies, musicians on the stage and drinks flowing at the bar. But this was no ordinary night for showcasing the latest New York indie rock band. This was a celebration of a decade of social-issue documentary filmmaking and innovative distribution. And the women of Arts Engine held the stage. Over ten years ago, filmmakers Katy Chevigny and Julia Pimsleur envisioned a new kind of documentary production company. Inspired by the models of companies Pimsleur had worked with while living
"I put myself in their shoes," reasoned the legendary "Man in Black" when asked about his unparalleled popularity among inmates during his countless prison visits throughout a lengthy and illustrious career. Most famous among them, of course, was Johnny Cash's triumphant appearance at California's Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968, a year that would later unleash violence and unimagined tragedy. As demonstrated in a new documentary, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Cash, who himself had "seen the devil" through drink and drugs, and subsequently served time for both, acquired an unqualified