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Hello, Dolly!

dara — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:36:08 +0000

It’s obviously crucial to keep warm in the winter, but c’mon, every indie filmmaker has got to keep it smooth too. And how do you keep it smooth on the set? With brand new dollies, now available to rent, of course!

Girl With Black Balloons

dara — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:52:07 +0000

featuring Q&A with Corinne van der Borch and Bettina

Tue, 03/06/2012 - 7:30pm

DCTV, 87 Lafayette Street, NYC

A first-time director develops a delicate friendship inside the legendary Chelsea Hotel, and gradually unveils the life of one of New York's last true eccentrics.

To Sundance And Back

dara — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:02:05 +0000

Ashraf Rijal reports back from Utah, sizing up celebs so you don't have to.

HBO Documentary "In Tahrir Square" Featured on Democracy Now

miles — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:57:38 +0000

HBO's In Tahrir Square documents Egypt's uprising through the reporting of Sharif Abdel Kouddous, a Democracy Now! correspondent. In this segment of Democracy Now!, Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill of DCTV and Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films discuss the film, the current state of Egypt, and are reunited with Sharif who is currently reporting from Cairo.

For more coverage of the film go here.

Praise for "In Tahrir Square"

dara — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:29:13 +0000

Check out some interviews and reviews for our latest production with HBO, In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill:

New Film Follows Journalists Through Egypt Uprisings | Morning Joe

miles — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:04 +0000

New Film Follows Journalists Through Egypt Uprisings

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist

The new HBO documentary In Tahrir Square, marks the one-year anniversary of the uprisings in Egypt, and the directors and producers Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill join Morning Joe to discuss their time in Egypt. The film follows journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous as he reports from the protests.

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The Egyptian Revolution Will be Televised | The Wall Street Journal

miles — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:07:48 +0000

The Egyptian Revolution Will be Televised

The Wall Street Journal

Anna Louie Sussman

A week after Egypt erupted in revolution last January, Jon Alpert, an Emmy-winning documentarian and co-founder of the Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), got the call he'd been waiting for. Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, wanted him and his frequent collaborator, Matthew O'Neill, to go capture the popular uprising unfolding in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Mr. O'Neill was reporting in Haiti when he got word from Mr. Alpert—a 2 a.m. email with a one-word subject line: "Egypt?"

A few days later the pair were in Tahrir Square filming their friend Sharif Abdel Kouddous, an Egyptian-American journalist for Democracy Now!, whose personal connection to the revolution and to Egyptian history (his grandfather was a prominent journalist and his uncle was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood) became the backbone of their resulting film.

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Oscars Create New Rules for Doc Makers

miles — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:53:19 +0000

Earlier this month, the New York Times revealed several changes in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' process of reviewing documentaries for Oscar consideration. The most notable change being that, a movie must be reviewed by either the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times in order to qualify for consideration. The reason for this new rule appears to be an attempt to narrow an ever growing field of submissions. The Academy’s documentary branch reviewed 124 films in 2011, a 23% increase from the previous year. Additionally the Academy has indicated that they are trying to eliminate documentaries intended for television, which can qualify for Academy consideration through small theatrical releases. Other policy changes revealed by the New York Times include:

Check Out the WITNESS Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit

james_v — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:09:02 +0000

Last fall, WITNESS launched an online Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit designed for activists who are interested in using video to support their cause. This in-depth, 12-chapter Toolkit is one of the most thorough, useful resources we've found to help support documentary advocacy.

Winter/Spring Workshops Schedule Announced!

dara — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:30:11 +0000

Same of the best and more of the rest!