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    ON A CONFERENCE CALL with the filmmakers of “The Fight,” a new documentary about the many battles and the many lives of the ACLU

    The documentary is called “The Fight,” which could not be a more à propos title for a film about the ACLU’s ongoing quest to defend not only civil rights, but also the necessity for everyone to enjoy free speech, no matter how odious their views might be.

    But the civil rights organization’s mandate became even more demanding during the Trump administration, as the president and his cabinet have sought to make

    August 1, 2020
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    “Most wanted” is one of the more interesting films this year (REVIEW)

    Films about investigative journalism exposing a dramatic event and/or cover-up have been popular for decades, from Billy Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole” and Sam Fuller’s “Park Row” to Alan Pakula’s “All the President’s Men” to 2015’s Oscar winning “Spotlight,” all have expertly captured what it means to be a dedicated journalist tirelessly searching for the truth.

    The best films about journalism offer viewers a potent story and relatable

    July 20, 2020
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    LIVE ON NETFLIX TODAY: “Father Soldier Son” (talking to the filmmakers about a decade-long documentary project around valor, family, society and one man’s post-combat travails)

    It’s rare that a documentary will film for a decade, but that’s precisely what New York Times reporters Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis accomplished with their new film “Father Soldier Son.”

    The documentary, which premieres Friday on Netflix, follows two generations of upstate New York’s Eisch family. The father, Master Sgt. Brian Eisch, is a veteran of the Afghanistan

    July 17, 2020
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    INTERVIEW: Dawn Porter, filmmaker (“John Lewis: Good Trouble”)

    Could there possibly be a more apt time for a documentary about John Lewis, the civil rights pioneer and longtime Georgia congressman? In this singular moment of protest and cultural shift, documentarian Dawn Porter is hoping that her new film “John Lewis: Good Trouble” will be a part of the conversation.

    “Despite some evidence to the contrary, I count myself as an optimistic person. Between the pandemic and all this violence

    July 15, 2020
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    NEWS: Zurich Fest joins forces with a Montreux institution

    The Zurich Film Festival and the Montreux Jazz Festival have entered into an alliance alliance. Europe’s most prestigious music festival is on board to present concerts in Zurich as partner of the “SoundTrack_Zurich” industry event which takes place during the Zurich Film Festival. In a bid to further expand its engagement in the field of music, the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) announced the launch of a new congress on music and film this year entitled “SoundTrack_Zurich” in

    July 9, 2020
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    New documentary trains spotlight on American hero come up on the civil rights movement, “John Lewis: Good Trouble”

    This is the time. As America’s streets are once again flooded with voices screaming for human rights, the time is now for the views, the heart, the words, and the power of the man who is John Lewis.

    Director Dawn Porter’s new documentary, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” is an honest look at one of the most important men who ever fought for the civil rights movement.

    June 28, 2020
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    AFI DOCS | 9TO5: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT

    (during all of this week, Screen Comment’s Eric Althoff gives readers his take on the choicest films from the 2020 crop of AFI Docs, the world’s premier documentary film festival which took place online this year due to the coronavirus) Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, who won last year’s Oscar for best documentary for their film “American Factory,” are back to shine their cameras on a largely forgotten

    June 19, 2020
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