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Capitalism: A Love Story

'Capitalism: A Love Story' website and trailer
http://www.capitalismalovestory.com/

Michael Moore website
http://michaelmoore.com/

'Capitalism: A Love Story' debuts at Venice Film Festival 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE57T0GX20090830?sp=true

 


Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

'Burma VJ' website
http://www.burmavjmovie.com/

Democratic Voice of Burma
http://english.dvb.no/

“Anatomy of a Failed Revolution” TIME, Oct. 11, 2007
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1670515,00.html

 

 
Earth Days

‘Earth Days’ website
http://www.earthdaysmovie.com/

Interview with director Robert Stone on Mother Nature Network (MNN)
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/ecollywood/stories/earth-days-movie-opens-to-acclaim

‘Earth Days’ at Sundance Film Festival 2009
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/earth_days/

The Daily Green’s editor talk about ‘Earth Days’
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/earth-days-movie-reviews-47081304

New York Times article
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/movies/14earth.html

Entertainment Weekly review
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20297385,00.html

‘Earth Days’ trailer on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsdKxew6FM8

 


Crips and Bloods: Made in America

‘Crips and Bloods: Made in America’ website
http://www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com/

Viewers Guide, including Suggested Reading
http://www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com/downloads/Viewers_Guide.pdf

Interview with director Stacy Peralta about the making of the film
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/cripsandbloods/makingof.html

Links to more info about South L.A., Gangs, Gang Prevention and Gang Intervention
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/cripsandbloods/more.html

 


Pray The Devil Back to Hell

‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’ website
http://www.praythedevilbacktohell.com/

Bill Moyers’ Journal profile of Leymah Gbowee, and producer Abigail Disney
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06192009/watch.html

Interview with director Gini Reticker
http://www.documentary.org/print/1799

“A Crazy Dream” Jan. 31, 2009 OpEd column by Bob Herbert for the New York Times
http://www.huntalternatives.org/download/1479_01_31_09_a_crazy_dream.pdf

 


Afghan Star

‘Afghan Star’ website
http://www.afghanstardocumentary.com/

“Afghan Star” – the TV show’s website
http://www.afghanstar.tv/

“Afghanistan's Pop Idol breaks barriers “ BBC News Feb. 25, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7262967.stm

“Meet the Artist: Havana Marking Finds Her Own Afghan Star”
 David Ng for Sundance Film Festival Jan. 15, 2009
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/news/article/meet_the_artist_havana_marking_finds_her_own_afghan_star/

 


9 Star Hotel

‘9 Star Hotel’ website
http://www.edenproductions.co.il/detailProduction.asp?pID=15&fromPage=productions

Update on film subjects Muhammad and Ahmed for PBS’ POV July 22, 2008
http://www.pbs.org/pov/9starhotel/film_update.php

BBC Country Profile: Israel and Palestinian Territories
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/803257.stm

“More Palestinian Workers Hide in Israel”
by Laurie Copans for the San Francisco Chronicle June 1, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/01/international/i100617D07.DTL

 


William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

‘William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe’ website
http://www.disturbingtheuniverse.com/

Center for Constitutional Rights
http://www.ccrjustice.org/

“The Trials of William Kunstler”
Jeffrey Rosen for the New York Times, a 1994 review of Kunstler’s autobiography
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/books/the-trials-of-william-kunstler.html?pagewanted=all




Yasukuni

Yasukuni Shrine website
http://www.yasukuni.or.jp/english/

BBC World News report on controversy surrounding the Yasukuni shrine
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1330223.stm

New York Times review
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/movies/12yasu.html

Japanese Prime Minister-designate Hatoyama announces he will not visit Yasukuni
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125001588907223315.html

'Yasukuni' at Sundance Film Festival 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3kmskgrPc

Tokyo theaters will not show 'Yasukuni'
http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUST27488920080331

 
 


American Casino

'American Casino' website
http://www.americancasinothemovie.com/

The New Yorker review
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/09/07/090907crci_cinema_denby

Variety review
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940114.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Interviews with director Leslie Cockburn about the making of the film
http://www.tribecafilm.com/news-features/features/Leslie_Cockburn_American_Casino.html

indieWIRE interview with Leslie Cockburn at Tribeca Film Festival 2009
http://www.indiewire.com/article/tribeca_09_interview_american_casino_director_leslie_cockburn/

Break Room Live interview with Leslie Cockburn
http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/apr/23/break-room-live-interview-american-casinos-leslie-cockburn
 
 


Crude

‘Crude’ website and trailer
http://www.crudethemovie.com/

New York Times article on ‘Crude’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/movies/18ande.html

indieWire Interview with director Joe Berlinger at Sundance Film Festival 2009
http://www.indiewire.com/article/documentary_competition_crude_director_joe_berlinger/

Article by director Joe Berlinger
http://gas2.org/2009/08/24/bearing-witness-why-a-small-film-called-crude-matters-in-a-27-billion-lawsuit-against-chevron/

New York Times article on Human Right Watch International Film Festival
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/movies/12rights.html

Film Journal International
http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/movies/e3i8db76f379a25018a423ec7241b24835b

 


A Sea Change

Interview with director Barbara Ettinger & producer Sven Huseby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKsAVnx0R94

Washington Post review
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031103907.html

San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) interview with director Barbara Ettinger
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6845

 


The Yes Men Fix the World

‘Yes Men Fix the World’ website
http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com/

Hollywood Reporter review from Sundance Film Festival 2009
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/film-review-the-yes-men-fix-the-world-1003934511.story

The Yes Men blog
http://www.theyesmen.org/

‘Yes Men’ interviewed on BBC
http://www.theyesmen.org/blog/bbc-interview-with-the-yes-men-five-years-on

The Guardian review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/07/yes-men-fix-world-film-review

YouTube trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QvpBO-W5OM

HBO Documentary Films webpage
http://www.hbo.com/docs/docuseries/yesmen/

Human Rights Watch Film Festival webpage
http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/yes-men-fix-world

 


No Impact Man

'No Impact Man' blog
http://noimpactman.typepad.com/

New York Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/garden/20living.html?_r=2

Interview with Colin Beavan, the ‘No Impact Man’
http://amystodghill.greenoptions.com/2007/05/15/the-green-options-interview-no-impact-man-colin-beavan/

New York Times article (from during the project)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/garden/22impact.html?pagewanted=all

‘No Impact Man’ trailer on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fITT6rVPds

Variety review
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&id=2471&reviewid=VE1117939373&cs=1