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May 16, 2012

Update! See What Has Become of the Nomad Family Portrayed in Summer Pasture

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Locho, Yama, and Pale Chubby Baby ... where are they now? Lynn True, co-director of Summer Pasture, provided us with these fantastic video updates from the Tibetan plateau in which…...

May 05, 2012

Video Extras and Updates About the Ponces of Circo

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If you've seen Circo, you might be wondering whatever happened to Tino and his wife, Ivonne after she left, and of course the children, the extended family, and the circus…...

May 01, 2012

Deep Inside Mexico, Filmmaker Finds Remnants of a Rich but Endangered Culture

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Aaron Schock wanted to make a documentary about Mexico that wasn't about immigration, for a change. While scouting for subjects in the rural communities off the beaten path, he happened…...

April 25, 2012

Capturing the Last Vestiges of an Iconic American Symbol

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Montana filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis lives in a place where at one time, bison outnumbered people by more than two to one. Now the embattled animal — a common symbol of…...

April 25, 2012

Facing the Storm: A Buffalo (News) Roundup!

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To celebrate Earth Day, we ask, "Where do the buffalo roam?" Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison (airing April 26, check local listings) follows the American West’s relationship with…...

April 24, 2012

Diversity in TV: Lives Worth Living Screening, Panel at the Home of Emmys

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Earlier this season we aired the documentary Lives Worth Living about one of the most significant and least recognized civil rights movements in American history: the struggle for access and…...

April 18, 2012

The Resurrection of the Electric Car Film Franchise

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Chris Paine's 2006 film Who Killed the Electric Car was, he thought, an elegy for an idea that wasn't so much ahead of its time, but rather ahead of Detroit's…...

April 13, 2012

Meet Septentrional — Video Interview with the Band

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We caught up with filmmaker Whitney Dow and some members of Septentrional while they were in New York this week. The band is on a mini-tour in New York, playing…...

April 07, 2012

Playlist: Listen to a Sampling of Popular Haitian Music

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"Septentrional is the Buena Vista Social Club of Haiti." We keep hearing this comparison as we prepare for the premiere of When the Drum is Beating, premiering April 12, 2012…...

April 06, 2012

The Making of Being Elmo, with Director Constance Marks

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Being Elmo director Constance Marks began her filmmaking career over 30 years ago as an assistant editor for the renowned cinema verite pioneers David and Albert Maysles. For Being Elmo,…...

Behind the Films

March 31, 2012

The Inner Pulse of Alzheimer’s

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This week's premiere of Scott Kirschenbaum's You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't has prompted an outpouring of stories from our viewers about the devastating disease.…...

You're Looking at Me

March 28, 2012

Making a Film About Alzheimer’s From the Patient’s P.O.V.

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[caption id="attachment_945" align="alignleft" width="200"] Filmmaker Scott Kirschenbaum[/caption] This week's film, You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't, premieres Thursday, March 29 at 10 PM (check local…...