http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog AOL True Stories Blog http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/feedlogo.gif http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog en-us Copyright 2009 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this headlines and excerpts feed are available for limited commercial distribution. You may repost this feed to your site provided you link back to the original story, do not edit the material, and do not remove this copyright notice. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/05/08/polanski-kruger-oil/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/05/08/polanski-kruger-oil/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/05/08/polanski-kruger-oil/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: Can't think of what to watch this weekend? Here are a few of this week's premieres:ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIREDToo much drama for your mama. Never a truer phrase spoken in regards to critically acclaimed, and (in)famously known director, Roman ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-05-08T16:24:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/22/documentary-blogroll/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/22/documentary-blogroll/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/22/documentary-blogroll/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: In case anyone is interested in what other people have to say about documentaries, here is a fairly comprehensive list of other blogs devoted to them! www.thedocumentaryblog.com ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-04-22T16:46:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/15/hotdocs-film-festival-april-17-27/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/15/hotdocs-film-festival-april-17-27/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/15/hotdocs-film-festival-april-17-27/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: The 15th Annual HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival starts this Thursday, and runs through next week. It is the largest documentary film festival in North America, showing more than 100 documentaries from around the world. The films ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-04-15T15:11:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/10/up-the-yangtze/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/10/up-the-yangtze/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/04/10/up-the-yangtze/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: "Up the Yangtze," winner of Best Canadian Documentary at Vancouver International Film Festival, and an official selection at Sundance 2008, is premiering in select cities starting April 25th. It will continue to roll out in theaters nationwide ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-04-10T15:23:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/27/autism-the-musical/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/27/autism-the-musical/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/27/autism-the-musical/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: Award-winning documentary, AUTISM: THE MUSICAL, is airing on HBO now through March 30, 2008. HBO is also offering free-streaming of the film for one week at www.hbo.com."In 1980, autism was a relatively rare disorder, diagnosed in one of every 10,000 ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-03-27T15:19:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/20/fyi-film-your-issue/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/20/fyi-film-your-issue/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/20/fyi-film-your-issue/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: FYI: Film Your Issue is holding a short film competition about issues that matter to young Americans today. In an attempt to get people engaged and excited about film and issues that are important to the youth of today, they are accepting submissions ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-03-20T16:59:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/18/film-festival-shorts-2007/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/18/film-festival-shorts-2007/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/18/film-festival-shorts-2007/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: Tribeca Film Festival isn't coming up for another month (April 23-May 4), but as I was doing some research on the site, I found out you can watch the complete collection of shorts from last year on their site: ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-03-18T16:37:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/13/film-collection-2008/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/13/film-collection-2008/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/13/film-collection-2008/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: For anyone who lives in New York City, Film Collection 2008 is going on tonight , March 13th, at the IFC. The event will showcase 6 documentaries followed by a Q&A. It's an annual event dedicated to socially conscious films and emerging filmmakers, ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-03-13T15:06:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/06/south-by-southwest-film-festival/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/06/south-by-southwest-film-festival/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/06/south-by-southwest-film-festival/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: Another week...another Film Festival. (sigh) woo-hoo! Tomorrow is the inaugural day in this year's South by Southwest Film Festival! It runs from March 7-15. While most people know South by Southwest as one of the hottest music events of the year, ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-03-06T17:15:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/04/true-false-film-festival/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/04/true-false-film-festival/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/03/04/true-false-film-festival/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: How did you take advantage of your extra-ordinary, extra day of February? Did you celebrate by having a leap year party? Or going to Columbia, Missouri? Or better yet, having a leap year party in Columbia, Missouri? If you answered no to ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-03-04T13:54:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/21/oscars/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/21/oscars/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/21/oscars/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: The 80th Annual Academy Awards is just around the corner (Sunday, February 24th) and in case you haven't seen these films, here is a list of nominated documentaries you should check out before the show (and if not...definitely after!):NOMINATED ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-02-21T16:02:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/19/african-american-history-month/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/19/african-american-history-month/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/19/african-american-history-month/#commentsFiled under: Banished

AOL True Stories Blog: Spotlight on: "Banished""Banished," a new documentary film directed by Marco Williams premiered at Sundance on January 22nd. The film revisits three communities in the South that between the Civil War era and Great Depression threatened African ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-02-19T14:39:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/14/berlin-film-festival/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/14/berlin-film-festival/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2008/02/14/berlin-film-festival/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: Berlin Film Festival: 7 Feb- 17 February 2008 The 58th Annual Berlin International Film Festival is coming to a close but here's what's (been) happening across the globe:Every year, the Berlin Film Festival premieres a slew of exciting, ... Read more

]]>True Stories Editor2008-02-14T16:58:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/11/28/docs-at-sundance-2008/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/11/28/docs-at-sundance-2008/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/11/28/docs-at-sundance-2008/#commentsAOL True Stories Blog: The line-up for the 2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION has been announced. Here are documentaries that should be on your radar. Congratulations to all who were given a coveted slot on the festival slate. Documentary Competition Contenders: "An ... Read more

]]>AOL True Stories2007-11-28T18:02:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/23/planet-in-peril-a-photographers-take/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/23/planet-in-peril-a-photographers-take/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/23/planet-in-peril-a-photographers-take/#commentsFiled under: Planet in Peril

AOL True Stories Blog: Shooting video above the Arctic Circle is not for the faint of heart. It all started with an e-mail from Charlie Moore of "360": Would Neil Hallsworth and I like to spend six months filming around the world ... without being shot at? Hell yes!We ... Read more

]]>Philip Littleton, CNN Photographer2007-10-23T14:58:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/03/can-you-trust-this-man-like-ever/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/03/can-you-trust-this-man-like-ever/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/03/can-you-trust-this-man-like-ever/#commentsFiled under: Manufacturing Dissent

AOL True Stories Blog: I think we can all agree that Moore has told some whoppers in his day. He says whatever is expedient at the time, knowing that if you do remember later, you won't care...and so many have proven him exactly right. Look through the comments to any ... Read more

]]>MichaelMoore,ManufacturingDissent,Democrats,Scandals,Murtha,Pma,Jim Kenefick2007-10-03T16:49:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/02/martyr-screening-at-liberty-film-festival-dennis-prager-to-ho/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/02/martyr-screening-at-liberty-film-festival-dennis-prager-to-ho/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/10/02/martyr-screening-at-liberty-film-festival-dennis-prager-to-ho/#commentsFiled under: The Making of a Martyr

AOL True Stories Blog: I am happy to announce that "The Making of a Martyr" will be screening at this year's Liberty Film Festival in Hollywood, California.The screening will take place on Thursday October 18th and renown KRLA talk show host, Dennis Prager, will be ... Read more

]]>Brooke Goldstein2007-10-02T10:55:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/09/05/resonating/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/09/05/resonating/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/09/05/resonating/#commentsFiled under: Manufacturing Dissent

AOL True Stories Blog: In this article in Variety, I ran across the following quote: "When I saw 'Manufacturing Dissent' at the South by Southwest Film Festival," said Stephanie Sharis, director of creative development for AOL, "I felt it was saying some compelling things ... Read more

]]>manufacturing dissent, michael moore, varietyManufacturingDissent,MichaelMoore,VarietyJim Kenefick2007-09-05T01:01:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/09/02/the-jump-blues-concert/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/09/02/the-jump-blues-concert/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/09/02/the-jump-blues-concert/#commentsFiled under: Going Back to New Orleans

AOL True Stories Blog: Tonight, Sun. Sept. 2, 2007, at 8 ET, the PBS HD channel will rebroadcast our concert video, Deacon John's Jump Blues. with replays on Sept. 4 at 3 ET and on Sept 5 at 11 ET. We staged the concert as a live version of our studio CD, both of which are ... Read more

]]>Cyril Vetter2007-09-02T08:54:00+00:00http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/08/30/a-qanda-with-director-ken-burns/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/08/30/a-qanda-with-director-ken-burns/http://movies.aol.com/truestories/blog/2007/08/30/a-qanda-with-director-ken-burns/#commentsFiled under: THE WAR

AOL True Stories Blog: Q&A with filmmaker Ken Burns on THE WAR THE WAR, a co-production of Florentine Films and WETA, was produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and examines the myriad ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of the American people. Recently, ... Read more

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