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07.22.10Canwest-Hot Docs Fund Recipients AnnouncedToday the recipients for this year's Canwest-Hot Docs funding were announced and what makes this especially exciting is that the Documentary Blog's own head honcho Jay Cheel's first feature documentary Beauty Day was among those chosen. For those that don't know about the film yet the synopsis is below: Before there was Tom Green…before there was Jackass…there was Ralph Zavadil. His cable access television show, The Cap’n Video Show, ran from 1990 to 1995, spawning a small but loyal cult following. Each week, Ralph performed a series of idiotic and occasionally dangerous stunts, challenging the sensibilities of Southern Ontario audiences for five seasons. ...
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02.10.10Giveaway: Win a copy of The People Speak on DVDHey guys, back already with yet another DVD giveaway. This time around we've got a film called 'The People Speak', which looks at ordinary Americans that have shaped or changed the course of history. (Tay Zonday better be in there somewhere) Here's a little more info: THE PEOPLE SPEAK is a documentary film inspired by the books, "A People's History of the United States" and "Voices of a People's History" which chronicles the lives and experiences of ordinary Americans who, through their words and actions, changed the course of our history. The philosophy espoused is that change doesn't come from the top, ...
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02.10.10JFK DVD Contest WinnerCongratulations to Caren Feldman of Fairfax, VA who has won our JFK DVD giveaway contest! Thanks to everyone who entered and a big thanks to Brian at A&E New Video for supplying us with the prizes! JFK, 3 Shots that Changed America and The Kennedy Assassination, 24 hrs After are available now on DVD. Stay tuned for our next contest, which should be up sometime today.
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06.25.09The Documentary Blog is Now on TwitterAs you may have noticed, we've been trying to redesign The Documentary Blog a little bit as of late, with a focus on making it easier to update on a regular basis. We want to be the best source for documentary films on the web, but in order to do that we need to be able to cover a lot more stuff. This is why we've decided to start up a Twitter account and integrate it with the rest of the blog's content. Now we'll be able to post short headlines and links to the site quickly, while also writing up ...
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01.16.09The DocBlog at Sundance…...for three days. It's better than nothing, no? I'm currently in my hotel room in Salt Lake City with my fellow Film Junk podcast host Sean Dwyer. We've spent our first day at Sundance sorting out our press passes, eating and DVD shopping. (Picked up Doug Pray's 'Surfwise'. Been waiting to see that.) Over the next two days, we hope to squeeze in as many movies as we possibly can; some of which will certainly be documentaries. Actually, our very first screening is James Toback's documentary 'Tyson' tomorrow at 8:30am. Early as hell, but should be good. I'm also hoping ...
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09.03.08In House: Toronto International Film Festival and After Dark Film FestivalI haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd just catch you up with what I've been up to. The blogging has taken a back seat (let's face it, it's always taken a back seat) to some projects I've been working on lately. The biggest one being a short horror film I'm shooting over the next month or so. We've shot the first scene and it went well. I'll keep you guys posted. Secondly, me and Sean are going to be checking out a few films at this years Toronto International Film Festival. We split a ten pack of tickets ...