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Used to be the best backhanded compliment you could pay a filmmaker . Six of this year's best doc contenders                                                   Image courtesy of Jordan Riefe via THR — Article by Jordan Riefe via THR Music Doc Directors Reveal How to Film Iconic Artists: "I Knew There Was Stuff That Might Piss Him Off" When it comes to many of this year's documentaries vying for awards, music is front and center as the star of the show, along with the artists and institutions that created the sounds that have defined American music through the decades. This story first appeared in the 2019 November standalone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe . OSCARS LATEST NEWS via The Hollywood Reporter: Latest news, red carpet galleries, exclusive video and more. Oscars News | Acade...

Discover how a troupe of street performers in small town Quebec became a household name throughout the world. Cirque du Soleil has redefined how the world views the circus; from small town talent to a household name. Cirque du Soleil: Discover Shows, Tickets and Schedule | Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil Official Site: Find show and ticket info for our big top, arena and theatre circus shows worldwide! Take a tour of  Cirque du Soleil international headquarters, learn the ins and outs of their creative process, a complete list of shows both past and present, and learn about the storied history of the troupe that revolutionized the circus .

Striving to make essential documentaries accessible as a catalyst for public discourse.  AmDoc collaborates with passionate filmmakers to amplify their voices, and to nurture the nonfiction community. American Documentary: New Forms of Nonfiction to create and advance experiential forms of storytelling, programming and distribution; redefining U.S. public media to be more inclusive of emerging technologies and interactive makers. American Documentary A national nonprofit media arts organization, American Documentary (AmDoc) strives to make essential documentaries accessible as a catalyst for public discourse.                                             WATCH   ENGAGE   CREATE   DONATE

A more beautiful, just and sustainable world is possible . This library film collection is inspirational for a possible global change. Curated by Films For Action via filmsforaction.org / Documentaries have an incredible power to raise awareness and create transformative changes in consciousness both at the personal and global levels. Cocoparisienne Images/Pixabay Over the years, the curators of Films for Action have watched hundreds of social change documentaries and cataloged the best of them on their site. This is a Top 100 from a huge list, a collective of the very best 100 docs - hand-picked for their quality, insight, and potential to inspire positive change: The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World Save Last updated September 2018. Documentaries have an incredible power to raise awareness and create transformative changes in consciousness both at the personal and global levels. Over the last 8 years, we've watched hundreds of social change doc...

With no agent or manager, how does the elusive Bill Murray assesses most roles that come his way?: Through a 1-800 number that he created years ago. Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Images Bill Murray has become a mystical character in popular culture, and not only because he occasionally pops up at wedding parties . With no agent or manager, the elusive Murray assesses most roles that come his way through a 1-800 number that he created years ago. Without numerous filmmakers confirming its existence, Murray’s unusual answering machine might sound like another apocryphal tale from his quixotic mythology. However, in a recent interview with IndieWire, the actor explained that he created the number — which is not listed, and only passed around through word of mouth — to keep Hollywood agents off his back. The actor explains how he came up with the idea for a phone number to assess his roles, and why it set him free: Bill Murray Explains Why He Created a Secret 1-8...

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'Amazing Grace', 47 years after it was made, means audiences at last will see the Queen of Soul’s transcendent masterpiece. Christopher Wilson: In 1970s Detroit, Aretha Franklin’s masterpiece Amazing Grace, the best-selling gospel album of all time, was the background music of my life for everything from house cleaning to homework. So, I couldn’t have been more thrilled to attend the DOC NYC festival last November and be among the first to see the new film Amazing Grace, which chronicles the two-day, live-recording session at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in January 1972. The film screened in exclusive one-week engagements last month in Los Angeles and New York City, but thankfully, the distributor Neon is making plans for other screening events in 2019. Full article : 'Aretha Franklin’s Decades-Old Documentary Finally Comes to Theaters in 2019' By Christopher Wilson via SMITHSONIAN.COM Aretha Franklin's Decades-Old Documentary ...