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Oliver Stone’s “South of the Border”

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:46:21 +0000

Out now. More info here.

Edward Burtynsky: Oil

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:45:51 +0000

Winner of the And/or Book Award 2010 for photography, given by the London-based Krasna-Krausz Foundation.

“In addition to revealing the rarely-seen mechanics of its manufacture, Burtynsky captures the effects of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from the earth, and by the cities and suburban sprawl generated around its use. He also addresses the coming “end of oil,” as we confront its rising cost and dwindling availability.”

More info via his website.

His work is featured in the documentary Manufactured Landscapes.

The Vice Guide to Liberia

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:40:39 +0000

This web series is not for the faint of heart. The images and words obtained are both graphic and haunting. Regardless, the subject matter deserves the attention that Shane Smith and crew have given to it .

“In The Vice Guide To Liberia, VBS travels to the capital city Monrovia to meet three men who participated in the 14 years of civil war that ravaged the West African country.”

More info and full series episodes available via VBS.TV.

A documentary devoted to babies

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:09:14 +0000

Thomas Balmes‘ documentary Babies follows four children from completely different parts of the world for one year. I can’t imagine a whole documentary devoted to it, but the concept is cool, and the 3 minute trailer is fun.

The Carter – Lil’ Wayne documentary

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:25:36 +0000

Slashfilm calls it the “best documentary of 2009″ and say that it “surpasses James Toback’s excellent doc on Mike Tyson”.

The Carter is a documentary about Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil’ Wayne. An internationally known rapper, his most recent album went platinum in a week, and he just might be the voice of his generation. But this ain’t no VH1 rock doc. Rather, it is an intoxicating, cinematic journey into the thoughts and world of an extremely complicated man whose creative force is something to behold. He never stops recording. He has a portable studio that he carries around in a black bag, and it allows him to lay down a track anytime anywhere. It is his pressure valve and makes him a refreshing anomaly in a sea of manufactured prefab “”singers.”" His work is his own: unfiltered, uncensored, raw, and powerful. Director Adam Bhala Lough, whose fiction film Weapons premiered in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, has unbelievable access to Lil’ Wayne’s public and private lives. He captures remarkably candid moments, such as Lil’ Wayne recounting his first sexual experience, as well as him talking openly about his drug habits. Following him all over the country and to Amsterdam, Lough mixes fly-on-the-wall footage of Lil’ Wayne in his hotel room and on his bus with artfully composed concert footage. The result is a shockingly intimate portrait of one of the most inspired (and eccentric) musicians of modern America. – Sundance

The Film Dole Food Co. Doesn’t Want You To See

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?

In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.”

More via movie website.

But also, some devils advocate information via bnet.