Click to enlarge File: Luke Awtry Marty Fogel Walking down a path near the edge of the lake, Marty Fogel spotted a young man leaving with a fishing rod in hand. ARead More →
Celine Dion will be the subject of a new documentary film. Sony Music Entertainment’s Premium Content division, in partnership with SME Canada and Vermilion Films, has announced the feature film project which will focus on the highs and lows of Celine’s phenomenal 40-year career which has seen her win fiveRead More →
Trailer for the inspiring documentary film ‘Convergence: Courage in a Crisis’ by Alex Billington September 27, 2021Source: Youtube “It’s a crisis. But opportunities arise from crisis.” Netflix has released the trailer for a documentary film titled Convergence: Courage in Times of Crisiscreated by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel (WeRead More →
Sign up for the Morning Update and Madison Life newsletters “A genius is the one who most resembles him,” the great jazzman Thelonious Monk once said. And though Arun Luthra is too modest to call himself a genius or put himself in Monk’s league, the quote resonates with him. Luthra’sRead More →
A new Britney Spears documentary that includes bombshell allegations is set to premiere Friday night on FX and Hulu. Controlling Britney Spears is the follow-up to the team behind Framing Britney SpearsEmmy nominated The New York Times presents documentary that explored the singer’s conservatorship battle. The latest offering would featureRead More →
album review Lee Morgan – The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (from 1970) (Blue note. 8 CDs or 12 LPS. Album review by Olie Brice) by Lee Morgan Living at the Lighthouse was already a classic album, in its original double LP format, and then the longest 3-CD box setRead More →
The International Documentary Association announced Tuesday, September 21 the 11 recipients of its 2021 In-Kind Documentary Screening Series Grant. First piloted last year, the grant has expanded in 2021 to support filmmakers from any historically excluded community, including but not limited to BIPOC, LGBTQ+, D/Deaf, and disabled filmmakers. IDA wishesRead More →
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After serenading the world with his own brand of jazz for the past 18 months, Jim Clayton is looking forward to his first live concert in a long time. But it’s what the award-winning veteran jazz artist has been doing throughout COVID-19 that has won him applause from a gratefulRead More →
We believe education is the foundation of the Bitcoin journey, and the environmental argument made here is a powerful one. This film addresses the misconceptions about Bitcoin’s energy consumption. CALABASAS, CA (PRWEB) September 14, 2021 This Machine Greens, presented by Swan Bitcoin, is a documentary that explores Bitcoin’s complexRead More →
“I Promise,” a documentary film that tells the story of LeBron James’ efforts to close the educational achievement gap in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, is coming to the YouTube Originals channel later this month. The film, directed by Marc Levin, will premiere Thursday, September 28 at 12 p.m. ET,Read More →
CALABASAS, Calif., September 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — This Machine Greens, presented by Swan Bitcoin, is a documentary that explores Bitcoin’s complex and nuanced relationship with energy. The film is directed by award-winning British filmmaker Jamie King and produced by Enrique Posner. The film will premiere on Swan’s YouTube channel atRead More →
Jimmy Fallon is widely seen as the nice late-night guy, which makes a recent segment in which he poked fun at a group of obscure musicians — and German free jazz musician Peter Brötzmann — all the more baffling. Brötzmann’s reaction? “We both know the world is full of ignoramusesRead More →
There is no doubt that I am a fan of the Small Town Monsters documentaries. When I found out they produced another doc, Skinwalker: Howl of the Rougarou, I was thrilled. None have disappointed me yet. They continue to release so many interesting documentaries, and I was lucky enough toRead More →
Lee Morgan belongs to a line of brash, streetwise trumpet virtuosity that stretches from Louis Armstrong and Clifford Brown to present-day Christian Scott. Twenty-five albums and countless sideman sessions made him a mainstay on the Blue Note label, but above all he was a marvelous trumpeter. As label boss DonRead More →
“I think it’s, frankly, one of the best films I’ve ever made,” filmmaker Greg Barker told the ATC Summer Press Tour while talking about his new documentary film for Show time, Inmate 001. The film returns to the case of John Walker Lindh, alias the “American Taliban”, with the hindsightRead More →
It’s an enigma as old as live popular music itself. A veteran act wants to branch out, move forward and defy expectations, but fans want to hear from old favorites. It was the kind of challenge trumpeter Lee Morgan faced when he and his band played a two-week engagement atRead More →
Long before his death in the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, FDNY First Deputy Commissioner William M. Feehan was a legendary figure in the ranks. When he died at age 71 in the South Tower collapse, Feehan was the longest-serving and highest-ranking firefighter to die inRead More →
The rich program of the 14th Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, which will be held from September 9 to 16 in Belgrade, Serbia, includes more than 100 documentaries and VR/AR content. After breaking the ice last fall as one of the first festivals to return to public screenings after COVID-19,Read More →
movie scene, As its popularity soars, the secret sauce of socialism is explored in this never pedantic, feel-good film manifesto that will make you want to step out of the theater and own the means of production. The Perfect Movie for Labor Day weekend opens in Los Angeles. Stand-up-and-cheer fromRead More →
After debuting in 1983, the famous TV show reading rainbow went on to achieve a 26-year run, became the most-watched PBS program in the classroom, and won more than 250 awards, including 26 Emmys, the George Foster Peabody Award, among other accolades. Now the program will be celebrated in aRead More →
The High Point Museum will present a new exhibit, “A Love Supreme: The Jazz of John Coltrane through the Eyes of Chuck Stewart,” from September 3 through December 3. 5 at 1859 E. Lexington Ave. at High Point. The exhibition, which is organized by the Grammy Museum, features 20 photographsRead More →