JUSTICE FOR SALE vs. DEEP US GOVERNMENT & TURKISH CONNECTIONS

THE STORY...   BEHIND THE STORY... I am not Journalist, I am a victim of theft. I am here by necessity, fighting forces much larger than us. Before we were aware of what Sibel Edmonds was doing... We have been...

THE LARGEST ESPIONAGE, BRIBERY & POLITICAL SCANDAL IN US HISTORY

          A long tale of  massive  corruption that has been hidden throughout the  eight years of the  Bush administration is finally surfacing.    After...

Lil’ Wayne Sues Over Portrayal in 'The Carter' Documentary Film

Not one to take criticism or negative publicity without a fight, Lil' Wayne and his record label Young Money Entertainment have filed a lawsuit againt the company responsible for producing a recent documentary film...

Doc Soup: The Year in Docs

Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup. It's end of the year wrap-up time, at a juncture when the world of movies and entertainment and even...

"Inheritance" Documentary Film Tells the Story of Nazi's Daughter

Imagine watching Schindler's List and knowing the sadistic Nazi camp commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father. Inheritance is the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of mass murderer Amon Goeth....

Oscars Change Rules for Documentary Films

Feature-length documentary films will now require a one-week theatrical release in both New York and Los Angeles, before August 31, in order to be eligible to be nominated for an Academy Award. Although the...

Run For — Not From — "The Hills"!

"In honor of this week's premiere of season four of MTV's "The Hills," I'd like to ruminate a bit on the end of the world. Not really, but you'll get what I mean."Every week, independent journalist Tom Roston...

"Up the Yangtze" Premieres in New York

Up the Yangtze, a new documentary about the impact of the Three Gorges Dam project in China by Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang, opens in New York City at the IFC Center tomorrow. The film has won numerous awards...

New project aims to foster Middle East filmmaking talent

Incubating talent They say a good story has to have a beginning, a middle and an end. This story has an excellent and dramatic beginning, a beginning so chaotic and fraught with danger that it almost put the...

Impressions from Istanbul: A city of contrasts

Last week I traveled to Istanbul to cover the Greenhouse project - an EU funded program to develop documentary film and filmmakers from the Middle East and Mediterranean. My feature will come out this Friday,...

Sneak a peek: "Playing Columbine"

While filmmaker and video game creator Danny Ledonne finishes editing his new documentary, "Playing Columbine," you might want to take a sneak peek at this upcoming documentary's trailer, now online here:...

'Bridge' suicides hard to watch or forget

"The Bridge: Documentary about people who have committed suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. Physical beauty, without a spiritual component, has a kind of cruelty to it. It represents a promise that can't be delivered, a challenge that can't be met, and a standard by which...

Electric cars merit new look

"The electric car is dead. Long live the electric car. Who Killed the Electric Car?, a documentary film playing in selected cities, alleges that a conspiracy among Detroit, Big Oil and the government in the 1990s...

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