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ReelPolitik
A blog about film and politics, and the politics of filmmaking.
Anthony Kaufman is a film journalist and critic, who has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice and Slate, and contributes regularly to Variety, indieWIRE, the Wall Street Journal Online and the Utne Reader.
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Articles
- "Piracy May Be an Indie Filmmaker's Best Friend" (Indiewire, October 2011
- "The Decline of Indies on Netflix" (indieWIRE, Sept, 2011)
- "Secretariat" Isn't Hollywood's Only Secretly Conservative Blockbuster" (IFC News, October 2010)
- "Absurdistan: The New Iraq War Cinema" (Village Voice, April 2008)
- "Is Foreign Film The New Endangered Species?" (New York Times, January 2006)
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"Scenes of a Crime": Unjust Verdict Upheld as Doc Winner Hits Theaters
- By Anthony Kaufman
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- March 26, 2012 2:23 PM
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- 2 Comments
Adrian Thomas, the man at the center of the award-winning documentary "Scenes of a Crime" (Filmmaker Magazine's Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, Grand Jury Prize Winner at Full Frame and DOC NYC), has not been granted an appeal, a state court has ruled, according to reports. The compelling documentary, which opens in New York on Friday, offers a strong case for Thomas' innocence and striking scientific evidence that suggests Thomas was wrongly convicted and a confession was coerced by police.
Strong Sundance Docs Raise Specter of Racism in U.S. and Abroad
- By Anthony Kaufman
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- January 23, 2012 4:04 PM
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- 0 Comments
I haven't yet seen "Slavery by Another Name," a new documentary that's premiering in Sundance this week, but the title evokes a theme I've seen running through a number of docs at this year's festival: the prevalence of racism in the histories of America and other countries. While economic-themed docs drew headlines prior to the festival, strong nonfiction films such as "Searching for Sugar Man," "Under African Skies," "The House I Live In" and "The Law In These Parts" suggest darker, and more disturbing undercurrents about discrimination in societies--as well as, in some cases, the power to counteract it.
Is the film industry racist and sexist? Or just afraid of risk?
- By Anthony Kaufman
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- July 21, 2011 1:29 AM
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- 8 Comments
How this Liberal Racist "Eunch" was Attacked by the Right
- By Anthony Kaufman
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- July 14, 2011 2:15 AM
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- 9 Comments
What the Success of "Precious" Means for Black Indie Cinema
- By Anthony Kaufman
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- November 11, 2009 6:03 AM
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- 1 Comment
Where are the Blacks and Latinos in Hollywood?
- By Anthony Kaufman
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- June 20, 2006 3:25 AM
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- 2 Comments
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