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Renee Bergan and Mark Schuller’s documentary on the status of women in Haiti was made prior to the January 2010 earthquake, yet it serves as a brutal reminder that the Caribbean nation had already crumbled into ruin long before the Richter scale went wild…

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POTO MITAN

Renee Bergan and Mark Schuller’s documentary on the status of women in Haiti was made prior to the January 2010 earthquake, yet it serves as a brutal...

2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES COMPETITION FEATURES, SHOWCASE AND SPECIAL

The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival today announced the first films in the festival's World Narrative and Documentary Competition sections, as well as...

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AUSTIN BOUND: FILM THREAT AT THE 2010 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

On Friday, March 12, 2010, the SXSW Film Festival gets underway for its 24th year, and like every year I can remember, Film Threat will be on-site and...

FILM THREAT PODCAST – EPISODE 01 – 2010 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

The first of Film Threat's new weekly audio podcast kicks off with hosts Mark Bell and Don Lewis previewing the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, contemplating...

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HERSKOVITS AT THE HEART OF BLACKNESS

Llewellyn Smith’s documentary, which was originally broadcast on PBS, focuses on the controversial sociological work of Melville J. Herskovits...

GEN ART CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY; ANNOUNCES 2010 FESTIVAL PROGRAM

The 15th Gen Art Film Festival launches April 7, 2010 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and will roll for 7 straight days with 7 films and 7...

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THE UPHILL DESCENT

"The Uphill Descent" is a powerful 4 and a half minute abstract and visual film. It begins with a series of shots, each lasting about 8 seconds, which show...

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THE WHITE RIBBON

Michael Haneke is a creator of puzzles who doesn't believe solutions are particularly important. In such critically acclaimed films as Cache, The Piano...

MOVIES ABOUT MISERY, SOMETIMES COME FROM MISERY: INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER MILLIE

A new hobby of mine when I’m frequenting the local pubs is to ask the patron next to me to tell a good story. Often times they look at me and shrug with...

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ENJOY THE EXPERIMENTAL FILMS OF DAVID FINKELSTEIN IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCIS

For readers of Film Threat, you may recognize David Finkelstein as THE resident expert on all things experimental film. And like many writers for Film...

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