Articles Tagged ‘The Interrupters’
“Bully,” “Interrupters,” “Never Sorry” win duPont-Columbia Awards
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSSteve James’s The Interrupters (pictured), Lee Hirsch’s Bully and Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry are among the feature docs to win Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards this year.
“Ai Weiwei,” “Bully,” “Interrupters” win at duPont-Columbia Awards
FILM / TVYesterday’s presentation of the awards, designed to highlight projects that reflect the highest standards of journalism, marked the first time theatrical doc releases were recognized. (Pictured: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry)
Moore slams doc “vanity projects” vying for Oscars
FILMAMPAS doc branch governor Michael Moore (pictured) has hit out at some of the more than 130 docs that have secured Oscar eligibility this year, accusing certain filmmakers of spending more than $US20,000 to qualify “vanity projects.”
Chicago gives $1m backing to ‘violence interrupters’
FILMThe city of Chicago has given anti-violence group CeaseFire a US$1 million grant to help police reduce conflict in the town, after Mayor Rahm Emanuel saw Steve James’s doc The Interrupters (pictured), which profiled the organization.
CBC lines up “Interrupters” North American debut
FILM / TVSteve James’ acclaimed documentary The Interrupters (pictured) is to have its North American television debut in Canada, on the CBC News Network’s ‘The Passionate Eye’ strand later this month.
“Material World,” “Interrupters,” “Nim” vie for DGA doc prize
FILMMartin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World (pictured), Steve James’s The Interrupters and James Marsh’s Project Nim are among the five nominees competing for the top doc prize at the 2012 Directors Guild of America Awards.
“The Interrupters” triumphs at Cinema Eye Honors
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSSteve James’s Chicago-set epic (pictured) picked up the top two prizes at the fifth annual Cinema Eye Honors, with other awards honoring Pina, Senna, Buck, Tabloid, The Arbor and a short film by the late Tim Hetherington.
Academy set to revamp rules for doc Oscar eligibility
FILMThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is reportedly poised to revamp the criteria for films vying for the best documentary feature Oscar, adding a rule that to qualify, docs must be reviewed by either the Los Angeles Times or The New York Times.
More critical accolades for Herzog’s “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
FILMCritics in Central Ohio and Vancouver reveal their best doc nominees, while the Online Film Critics Society joins the line-up of pundits lauding Cave of Forgotten Dreams, from director Werner Herzog (pictured).
PBS unveils 2012 Black History Month line-up
TVProgramming slated to air in February will include Underground Railroad: The William Still Story and Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock, as well as feature documentaries The Interrupters, Slavery by Another Name and The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (pictured).
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