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2013 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund Announces Spotlighting Women Documentary Awards

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The 2013 grantees for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund were announced. The fund gives money to feature length projects that highlight important social issues from around the world.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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June 18, 2013 11:30 AM
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Interview with Freida Mock - Director of Anita

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I was able to see the new documentary Anita at Sundance. Here are my thoughts. The film opens the Human Right Watch Film Festival tonight in NYC. The screening is sold out. It will, I'm sure, have a national run and will be broadcast on TV.

By Melissa Silverstein
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June 14, 2013 1:16 PM
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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Premieres Tonight on HBO

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If one had any doubts about the vibrancy of international feminism today, one need only watch the new documentary Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer which premieres tonight on HBO to have those doubts fully allayed. The film tells the story of three young women Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Nadia) Maria Alyokhina (Masha), Yekaterina Samutsevich (Katia) who were arrested in the wake of the band's 30 second protest against the Russian government in Moscow's Christ the Savior church in 2012.

By Melissa Silverstein
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June 10, 2013 10:00 AM
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Trailer Watch: Blackfish - Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite

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The official trailer for Gabriela Cowperthwaite's Sundance hit, Blackfish, was recently released. Intense is the only way to describe it. It feels a lot like The Cove about dolphins in Japan.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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June 7, 2013 10:00 AM
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Interview with Judy Chaikin - Director of The Girls in the Band

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The Girls in the Band opens for a one-week run in NYC on May 10. Tickets here.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 10, 2013 10:00 AM
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Guest Post: Invisible Women Who Rock

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We are both filmmakers launching documentaries featuring different generations of women pursuing their artistic vision in the predominantly male bastion of rock and roll. And of course, the challenges of telling these invisible stories in the predominantly male bastion of film are much the same -- which is an irony not lost on both of us. Here are each of our stories:

By Jackie Weissman & Karen Whitehead
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May 9, 2013 1:30 PM
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Guest Post: Aroused

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I never thought I would ever make a documentary film, let alone one where my leading cast would be some of the biggest names in the Porn industry. I am a photographer, and yes, I have always felt comfortable shooting nudes, having a keen sense of light and how it touches the body allowing the lines of the female form to dictate a sensual note dependent on the elongation or recoiling of the arms or neck in front of my camera. As someone once asked me, "What is the difference between erotic photography and porn?" and my answer then and now continues to be, 'lighting."

By Deborah Anderson
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May 3, 2013 11:30 AM
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Guest Post: Can Major League Dreams Defy Martial Law?

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In the face of daunting odds of gender, geography and living under the gun, women and girls are the power players in my new documentary - The Only Real Game.

By Mirra Bank
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April 30, 2013 12:00 PM
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Hot Docs Preview: Interview with Liz Marshall - Director of The Ghost in Our Machine

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The Ghosts in Our Machine is an extremely upsetting yet moving film about how we treat animals. It tells the story of Jo-Ann McArthur, a photographer, who has dedicated her life to showing the disturbing treatment of animals. After watching the film, there is no way you will look or thinks about animals the same way again.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 25, 2013 1:45 PM
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Interview with Lily Tomlin - Narrator and Executive Producer of An Apology to Elephants

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Tonight, in honor of Earth Day, HBO will premiere An Apology to Elephants narrated by Lily Tomlin that will put to an end any feeling person's trips to the circus. It's an intense film about the abuses elephants endure to entertain us, but is written in a way (by Jane Wagner) that won't freak kids out. The film is directed by Amy Schatz.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 22, 2013 3:07 PM
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