A look back at The Man from Hope
Docs about Politics
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Suppose one of those Oscar nominees that went on stage in solidarity with Michael Moore this year didn't really think that President Bush was a
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Every time I watch The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Rob Epstein and produced by Richard Schmienchen, I am overcome with emotion. Call me a
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Picture this: A gregarious, glad-handing Irish pol finds himself in front of a skeptical class of well off, unsmiling high school students. Asked to
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Entertainment companies reeled in films and canceled dramatic shows that might remind people of the horrors of September 11, while channels that
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During the Berlin Conference of 1885, Europe divided up the African continent, and the Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of
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About seven years ago, I saw an article in the Los Angeles Times about a “forgotten colony” of American Civil War-era Confederates in the town of
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On September 11 and the days that followed, New York-based documentary filmmakers responded in different ways—some recorded what they saw on video
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“It would appear that in the entire history of Soviet art, no sector has made such a phenomenal leap in quality as the documentary cinema," wrote
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"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality." - Dante Alighieri BBC's chief of