Sentences with phrase «as documentary subjects»

Tuttle onscreen: San Francisco filmmaker Chris Maybach faced a tricky challenge when he and Paul Gardner took the art of Richard Tuttle as a documentary subject.

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CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

Jersey Standard executives are properly proud of their unique photographic venture as a public service, but sometimes they are not quite sure what the company is getting out of it, times when they wonder if «documentary» pictures of such subjects as tombstones in New Orleans or cockfights in Venezuela are not merely irrelevant.

Fracking was the subject of a damning documentary, Gasland, and celebrities such as Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke and Zoe Saldana have campaigned against it.

Gary is currently the subject of #DailyVee, an online documentary series about his life as a CEO.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

He shares his harrowing story of abuse and recovery in his memoir, Basketball Junkie, as well as in numerous interviews throughout the Emmy nominated ESPN Films documentary Unguarded, of which he is the subject.

Dahr Jamail's 2010 article, «Rape Rampant in US Military», discusses on the «extreme shame and trauma» experienced by US military personnel who have survived sexual violence, as their stories all too often go unheard or are blatantly disregarded by the military (see also the documentary exposé «The Invisible War», on the subject of US military inaction towards sexual violence within the armed forces).

«You will edit this program as you see fit,» says Jackie, the subject of a documentary film series that has attempted to capture her life since she was 7 years old.

The subject of a forthcoming documentary called Transcendent Man, Kurzweil says he still gets the same magical sensation he felt as a five - year - old when he sees people using his products.

It's hard to ignore the subject as more research around the benefits of plant - based diets is released — and as more documentaries like What the Health, Food Matters, Forks Over Knives and Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead are added to Netflix.

In the final year of her life, she was the subject of a well - respected documentary directed by her son, Francesco Carrozzini, which commentators described as a love letter between a mother and a child.

The recipient of a «Design Star» honour from Fashion Group International, Giannini has also been awarded «La Lupa Capitalina» by the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, and in 2013 was the subject of a documentary film «The Director,» produced by James Franco and Christina Voros, which followed Giannini's artistic process as she prepared for catwalk shows and launches.

Known as «catfishing,» the form of digital deception has been the subject of television shows and documentaries.

But the new film Kiki avoids this mistake as it revisits a subject first explored in the landmark 1990 documentary Paris is Burning: the New York's underground ballroom scene.

Also, as a person whose family and extended family has experienced emotional and physical abuse, many more great documentaries about this very subject need to be made, because this is really quite crucial

Gillespie smartly uses the known and builds upon it with context and some style, using «modern day» Tonya, Jeff and LaVona among others as interview subjects for a documentary of sorts that frames the film, but also has the characters speak into the camera in non-interview segments to help give Tonya some humanity, or at least make sure you have a better idea about all of her story and life coming out and you did going in.

As a documentary maker, Werner Herzog follows his muse into some strange corners (past subjects include 30,000 - year - old cave paintings and a grizzy bear enthusiast).

Eugene Jarecki's Why We Fight takes on enough subjects to make five great documentaries, but as a result is so scattered that it doesn't quite make for one good one.

Obviously, the film leans in the direction of peace, but it's as subjective as a documentary could possibly be on this subject, and it definitely makes one think of the true consequences of war, the nature of American imperialism, and how it all relates to our current situation in Iraq and the rest of the world.

While a certain remove is usually what one seeks in a documentary — Moselle occasionally asks questions to keep the subjects explicating — The Wolfpack doesn't ever delve quite as deeply as it functionally could, leaving a legion of unasked questions, and even more unanswered.

For those who regularly find themselves feeling ashamed and useless after wasting much of the day Wiki - surfing or browsing random Yelp reviews, the actual subject of the documentary Web Junkie will come as a huge relief.

These sequences almost seem ridiculous; not only does Angelina Jolie completely overact as the boy's mother, but Stone's style is reminiscent of countless History Channel documentaries on the same subject.

Multiply that times four and you have BabiesM / em >, a documentary as funny, charming and un-self-conscious as its subjects.

But good intentions only go so far, as Menashe may reflect the soul of his subjects in near documentary fashion, but it also becomes mildly repetitive in only 82 minutes of runtime.

He joined us to talk about his attraction to James J. Bulger as a character, his approach to structuring his true crime films, and how the role of media footage and the performative nature of some of his subjects can affect the «case» presented in his documentaries.

The documentary doesn't feel as rewarding as it should considering the significance of the subject.

Covering the subject of Infinite War and its consequences, here's to hoping that we get something fresh from Moore whose last couple of documentaries (Sicko, Capitalism) did not get as much praise or make as much money as his previous ones (Bowling For Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11).

Asif Kapadia, the director of award wining documentaries Senna and Amy has chosen Oasis as his next subject.

The performances from the cast are what really save this film from being a total dud and the story is quite interesting of course, but if you want to know the full facts, read books on the subject and watch a few documentaries as well.

CHICAGO — I am not opposed to dramatic retellings of true events from history, but I think the drama should at least be as entertaining as a PBS documentary on the same subject.

According to Deadline, details have been finalized for indie distributor Open Road Films and production and financing company Endgame Entertainment to partner on the U.S. release of Oliver Stone «s Edward Snowden movie, which will star Joseph Gordon - Levitt as the NSA whistleblower, also the subject of Laura Poitras «Oscar documentary frontrunner Citizenfour.

Containing engaging interviews with Didion fans and friends including Calvin Trillin, David Hare and Hilton Als, «Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold» does that thing that the best documentaries about writers to: it makes you want to return to its subject's work as soon as possible.

With a subject matter that oddly feels both timely and out - of - date, this documentary is packed with telling details about WikiLeaks, Although it gets muddy as it delves into the lives of founder Julian Assange and...

It's fitting that filmmakers Stephen Silha and Eric Slade assemble this documentary with as much colourful poetry as they can muster, because the subject matter was a remarkably life - loving man whose impact on the arts...

Regardless of Trump's overall viability in the social spectrum as we wind closer to the ’16 elections, Matthew Heineman's documentary Cartel Land won't make the subject any less translucent or easy to explain.

The obligatory «making of» documentary is twice as long (40 minutes) as the docs on most of the other discs, and includes more interview subjects as well.

James previously directed the seminal Sundance documentary Hoop Dreams, and with a candid Ebert as his subject this time around, he creates a film that is at once hard to watch and deeply captivating.»

The award - winning filmmaker has a penchant for addressing her subject - matter in unusual depth, as was the case with her previous offering, Flying, an autobiographical documentary six hours in length.

As I say in my video review above, Gillespie and Rogers bracket their film with documentary - style interviews with the principal subjects, who all seem to be telling a completely different story of what happened.

Steve James» documentary on Roger Ebert naturally chronicles its subject's exploits, trials and triumphs as he became the most recognizable film critic in the United States.

«But sometimes you think a real life documentary on the subject would have been just as funny.

The bold filmmaker (played by Dunye) picks one particular actress cheaply credited as «The Watermelon Woman» as the subject of her documentary.

The boldest result of the documentary's format, however, is how it forces these men to reflect on themselves — what was probably described to them as a showcase of their personalities, perhaps even as a way to show the world who they really are, instead forces the subjects to return to their crimes and reconsider them.

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Meanwhile, speaking after her Edward Snowden film «Citizenfour» won the prize for documentary, director Laura Poitras noted that Snowden and the movie sought to «expose a threat [not only] to our privacy but to our democracy itself,» as she was flanked by investigative reporter and film subject Glenn Greenwald, as well as Snowden girlfriend Lindsay Mills.

Through her documentaries such as The Weald (1997), Mangekyo - Kaleidoscope (1999) and Genpin (2010), she grapples with difficult realities and casts a careful gaze on the inner lives of her subjects, unveiling moments of tender humanity and stark honesty.

And in what might be the ultimate act of documentary reflection, every seven years since 1964, the subjects of Michael Apted and Paul Almond's 56 UP reconvene on screen for a cinematic update on their lives, revealing heartrending relatability and unfathomable events that turn up as life unceasingly marches on.

I think this is because documentaries, as opposed to fiction films, are usually made by movie - makers who have seized a strong subject and don't expect to get rich off it.

With a fine feature presentation and a decent collection of extras, this Blu - ray release leaves nothing to be desired, though as with any documentary, you'll need to be really into the subject to expect to watch it more than once.