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U.K. Judge Finds Problems in Gore Film

Some of the assertions in Al Gore's Oscar-winning environmental documentary are not supported by scientific evidence, a British judge said in ruling on a challenge from a school official who did not want the film shown to students.

Yoko Blocks Premiere of Film on Lennon

The world premiere of "Three Days in the Life," a documentary about John Lennon, was canceled after lawyers for the slain Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, warned that she had not authorized any public viewing of the film.

Pedophile Priest Recounts Years of Abuse

The defrocked priest is by turns remorseful and flippant as he recounts in graphic detail a lifetime of sexually abusing children. Then, near the end of "the most honest confession of my life," he turns to the movie camera to wink and smile at his victims.

Documentary Follows Pixies on Reunion Tour

Twelve years after breaking up, the Pixies were more popular and influential than when they were together.

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'Vanishing Bees' documentary a work in progress, appeals for funds to finish

Source: VanishingBees.com

The feature-length documentary "The Vanishing of the Bees" is a piercing look at this ecological disaster. It needs funds to get completed, however. They take donations thru PayPal or credit card.

Reel Minis: Trailer Reviews for 01-04-08

Reel Minis is a bi-monthly review of the latest in movie trailers. Reel Minis is a regular feature of Look Again on Newsvine. Installments appear on the first and third Friday of every month. January 4, 2008 Upcoming: WALL•E Be Kind Rewind Planet B-Boy Snow Angels

MPAA rejects poster for "Taxi to the Dark Side" that uses imagry of torture by troops

Source: Variety.com

The MPAA has rejected the one-sheet for Alex Gibney's documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side," which traces the pattern of torture practice from Afghanistan's Bagram prison to Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay.

PBS Documentary Shows How the Gold Rush Transformed US, California, Racism

On January 24, 1848, James Marshall announced the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. The California Star printed a special edition which was sent to St. Louis and quickly set the country aflame with gold fever.

"Stone Reader" Documentary Tracks Down Brilliant One-Book Writer

One would think that writing the Great American Novel and getting a rave review in the New York Times would kind of insure one's claim to fame.

Running out of gas: peak oil is here

Source: People's Weekly World

Are believers in "peak oil" a lunatic fringe? Not according to the compelling and disturbing documentary "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash." This newly released DVD provides further evidence that we are depleting the world's oil supplies at an unsustainable rate.

"Hacking Democracy" Documentary Shows Hunt for Vote-Fixing Smoking Gun

This 2006 HBO documentary follows the non-profit group Black Box Voting as they figure out how votes might have been altered in the 2004 presidential election.

"Secret Lives" is Documentary About Hidden Children Saved During Holocaust

"What is more natural than to save a child?" asks the adoptive mother of a Jewish child who would otherwise have been put on a train to the concentration camps.

"John Brown's Holy War" is PBS documentary on anatomy of an avenging angel

After meeting John Brown, the abolitionist newspaperman William Lloyd Garrison wrote, "For Brown, milquetoast abolitionism had failed; the way to destroy slavery was with principled violence -- holy war."

Iran: Oliver Stone gets green light on Ahmadinejad documentary

Source: AKI

American movie director Oliver Stone will start filming a documentary about Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in February 2008.

Food Band-Blog: Besser online fernsehen

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List of Links to informative Web-TV and Videos

PBS NOW Documentary: The Ron Paul Phenomenon

Source: PBS

NOW talks to Congressman Ron Paul and his supporters across the country about Paul's surprisingly popular run for the Republican nomination, led in large part by people acting on their own without help from Ron Paul or his campaign.

War documentary confronts Portugal with harsh reality of its colonial past in Africa

Source: Free Services for PR

The heads of enemy soldiers impaled on roadside trees. Hundreds of prisoners tortured, killed and dumped in mass graves.

Did Morgan Spurlock find Osama bin Laden?

Source: MSNBC

Looks like Spurlock smoked him out before Bush could. Rumors are flying that filmmaker Morgan Spurlock of "Super Size Me" fame may have done what the United States government has failed to do for the last six years — find Osama bin Laden.

Granny Hackers Make History

Source: ABC News

...At 83, Betty Jean Jennings Bartik -- a devoted bridge player and grandmother of five -- had a secret past that was invisible to many who knew her.

Newsvine Movie Discussion for January: Devil's Playground

On Jan. 21 at 12:30 p.m. I'll show (at my church) the movie Devil's Playground and then we will discuss it. I'm also going to try to have an online discussion of the movie here.

A Preview of "Stop-Loss": A Documentary Film by Kimberly Peirce About the Back-Door Draft

Source: PR Watch

The film centers on the experience of a soldier who has completed his tour of duty in Iraq, only to find he has been "stop-lossed." A postcard for the film distributed at the screening defines the stop-loss policy as "The retention of soldiers in the service beyond their expected …

Zeitgeist - The Movie, 2007

Source: zeitgeistmovie.com

Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit filmiac expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are.

Megadisasters: Oil Apocalypse on the History Channel tonight...

Source: www.oildrum.com

Tonight, November 13th, (at 11 p.m. EST/PST - 10 p.m. CST), the History Channel will present Megadisasters: Oil Apocalypse, a documentary that Los Angeles-based filmmaker Martin Kent is calling "a wake up call," about the world's energy crisis.

Occupation 101 — Voices of the Silenced Majority

Source: occupation101.com

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A Reason to Dance Amid Death in 'War/Dance'

Source: NPR

Consigned for much of their young lives to a refugee camp in Northern Uganda, these kids are headed for the bright lights of the country's capital, and its prestigious National Music Competition...

Discovery Channel to Air 5 Hour Videogame Documentary

Source: Kotaku

Today the Discovery Channel announced that it's going to air a five-hour prime time documentary entitled "Rise of the Videogame." It covers the entire history of the industry and has interviews with the likes of Ralph Baer, David Jaffe, Will Wright, Peter Molyneux and even some n …

The Boy With The Incredible Brain, docu 47mins

Source: Google

This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world's few savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week.

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