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BOYS STATE

August 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment

BOYS STATE

As some of us still ponder the results of the presidential election of 2016, and view the approach of the 2020 election with trepidation, there is no more timely nor illuminating film than Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ cinema verité documentary, BOY’S STATE.

Tagged With: abortion, Boy's State, education, elections, gun control, high school, politics, Texas

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

February 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

One of Marc Silver’s primary reasons for making 3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS, was to humanize a statistic. In this case, a young black man, Jordan Davis, killed in an altercation over loud music. The case became notorious because of that reason, providing a catchy hook to media coverage, not because of the tragic loss of… Read More »

Tagged With: criminal justice system, Donald Rumsfeld, Ferguson, Florida, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun laws, Jacksonville, Jordan Davis, known unknowns, loud music murder, Marc Silver, media, Michael Dunn, racial profiling, Shooting, stand your ground, thug music, trayvon martin, trial footage, unknown unknowns

Marjane Satrapi Creates PERSEPOLIS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Marjane Satrapi Creates PERSEPOLIS

When I talked with Marjane Satrapi on December 12, 2007, the national news was full of the latest example of gun violence in the United States. Before getting down to talking about PERSEPOLIS, based on her autobiographical graphic novel of the same name, she asked me why the pundits were talking about the shooter’s psychology… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, artist, autobiographical, black and white cinematography, book to screen, conservative culture, director, exile, expatriate, forgiveness, graphic novel, gun control, gun violence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Marjane Satrapi, narrative, writer

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