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LOUDMOUTH — Josh Alexander Interview

December 30, 2022 By Leave a Comment

LOUDMOUTH — Josh Alexander Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. The first thing to know about Josh Alexander’s documentary on the Rev. Al Sharpton is that it was the Rev himself who picked the title. That came up early on in my conversation with Alexander on December 1, 2022. One thing I appreciated in Alexander’s insightful and incisive… Read More »

Tagged With: Al Sharpton, civil rights, george floyd, Graham Willoughby, Howard Beach, Interrotron, john legend, loudmouth, media eco-system, Michael Griffith, police brutality, race, racism, systemic injustice, systemic racism, Tawana Brawley, violence

ELVIS

June 26, 2022 By 1 Comment

ELVIS

It’s the moment when Elvis (Austin Butler) first asserts his independence from the tentacled hold that his manager, Col. Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) has, and, alas, will always have on him. Elvis at this point in his nascent career has been labeled a threat to the American way of life in the conformist 1950s onto… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, civil rights, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, Memphis, rock and roll, sexual repression, sexual revolution, Tupelo

RBG – Julie Cohen and Betsy West Interview

July 15, 2018 By Leave a Comment

RBG – Julie Cohen and Betsy West Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. Considering how personally self-effacing Ruth Bader Ginsberg is, it’s remarkable that she participated in making a documentary about herself. It’s just one of the remarkable things about Julie Cohen and Betsy Ward, the intrepid and persistent filmmakers who persuaded the Supreme Court justice that is was the right… Read More »

Tagged With: civil rights, Gender equality, Marty Ginsberg, Notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Gisnburg, Supreme Court

HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN

October 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment

HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN

HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN is a robust telling of the historian’s life and times that does the spirit of the man credit. First Run Feature has re-released the 2004 documentary with a plethora of bonus features, and were smart enough to realize that the only thing better than this… Read More »

Tagged With: activism, anti-war movement, civil rights, FBI, Howard Zinn, Martin Luther King, Matt Damon, politics, protest, Vietnam war

STONEWALL

September 25, 2015 By Leave a Comment

STONEWALL

STONEWALL is a sudsy, underwritten, overwrought effort that is less than the intended tribute to the unsung heroes of the eponymous riots that accelerated the gay liberation movement into the social mainstream. Instead, it is a melodrama of truly epic proportions told with every cliché of gay life as lived in less enlightened times, and with… Read More »

Tagged With: American history, based on a true story, civil rights, corruption, gay activists, Gay Liberation, LGBT, mob ties, New York City, organized crimes, Stonewall Riots, street hustlers

Stephen Winter Re-discovers JASON AND SHIRLEY

June 27, 2015 By 1 Comment

Stephen Winter Re-discovers JASON AND SHIRLEY

Click here to listen to the interview. When Shirley Clarke made PORTRAIT OF JASON, she was doing more than exercising her creative impulse. The Oscar™-winning director had been all but shut out of Hollywood, and returned to New York to pursue a career as an indie filmmaker rather than deal with being marginalized by the… Read More »

Tagged With: 1960s, African-American, Alan Ginsberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, Canada Lee, Carl Lee, cinema, civil rights, director, film, gay, Gus Van Sant, homophobia, Howl, interview, Jack Waters, James Baldwin, James Tobak, Jason Holliday, LGBT, Marion Crane, Miles Davis, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, narrative, New York City, Orson Welles, PARIS IS BURNING, PORTRAIT OF JASON, PSYCHO, racism, River Phoenix, ruthlessness, Sarah Shulman, sexism, Shirley Clark, Stephen Winter, THE TRIAL

DREAMGIRLS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

DREAMGIRLS

If Jennifer Hudson never makes another movie, if she never sings another song, if she drops off the radar tomorrow, her place in cinematic history will nonetheless be cemented forever by her acting debut in DREAMGIRLS. It’s as though fate has conspired to keep the Broadway hit loosely based on the rise of Diana Ross… Read More »

Tagged With: 60s music, based on a true story, Beyonce Knowles, Bill Condon, civil rights, girl groups, Jennifer Hudson, musical, Oscar-winner, stage to screen

Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato Recount THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON’T ASK DON’T TELL

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

I spoke with filmmakers Fenton Bailey (he’s the one with the British accent) and Randy Barbato on September 14, 2011 in the afternoon before their HBO documentary, THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, screened at the fabled Castro Theater here in San Francisco. The pair were excited to see the film with an audience,… Read More »

Tagged With: civil rights, documentary, don't ask don't tell, gay rights, LGBT, Military service

Tom McCarthy Introduces THE VISITOR

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Tom McCarthy Introduces THE VISITOR

Tom McCarthy is not a man to be rushed, hence the five years between his debut as a writer/director, THE STATION AGENT, and his second effort, THE VISITOR. In between he continued his flourishing career as a working actor until the right inspiration struck. When we spoke on April 7, 2008, the conversation ranged from… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, civil rights, cultural tours, director, drama, film, immigration reform, Middle East, narrative, retired professor, Richard Jenkins, screenwriter, sound design, State Department, Tom McCarthy

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