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Martin Scorsese compares documentaries and narratives at the AFI Silver Theatre.
TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield discusses his film about South Central Los Angeles’ notorious serial killer of women, and his other films including AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER. BYOD looks at clips and…
When Amish children turn sixteen, they are given the opportunity to embark on a coming-of-age ritual known as rumspringa (literally “running around”). During this period, they are allowed to indulge in smoking, drinking, drugs and other 21st-century pleasures. It ends…
By Gregory Crofton The Hip-Hop artist Che “Rhymefest” Smith bounded down onto the floor of the movie theater and told the projectionist to turn it up. The music playing over the end credits of the film got louder. Mic in…
[vimeo id=”28062577″] Acclaimed Belgian documentary filmmaker Agnes Varda directed this film about Huey Newton, a leader of the Black Panther movement, which started in 1966 in Oakland, Calif.
By Gregory Crofton “Made in Japan,” a 90-minute documentary film narrated by Elijah Wood, took 11 years to bring to the screen. It played twice this week at the Nashville Film Festival and both screenings were followed by a live…
