I first imagined Far from Bashar as the daydream of a Syrian child who’s been plunged into new surroundings, haunted by the war he’s just left and eager to embrace the life he’s just begun. Pascal sanchez is a director, screenwriter, producer and photographer. In his fourth documentary feature, Far from Bashar, Sanchez offers a […]
Continue ReadingLiam and Noel Gallagher are executive producing a new feature documentary about the Knebworth concerts their band Oasis played in August 1996. After 2.5m people applied for tickets, 250,000 fans attended the Hertfordshire gigs over two days, seen by many as the peak of both Oasis’s career and the wider Britpop scene. The Prodigy, the […]
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An afghan from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, Minnesota was the grand prize of the #ShareYourShelfieContest In celebration of the upcoming film Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page, American Masters hosted a #ShareYourShelfieContest on social media! Entrants were asked to post the most creative photo of their Laura Ingalls Wilder / “Little […]
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This past year was challenging and full of despair. The names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and numerous others lost to police brutality and white supremacy galvanized a nationwide movement — a reckoning long overdue. It was also the year the COVID-19 pandemic devastated our communities, especially impacting communities of color at the […]
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The third documentary by Canadian filmmaker Gentille M. Assih, who was born and raised in Togo, was inspired by the courage of three women in her social circle: Christiane, Aïssata and Chouchou, all of whom were immigrants who’d experienced intimate partner violence . Their desire to speak out and take control of their lives again […]
Continue ReadingAs historian, biographer and documentary film-maker, Cate Haste, who has died aged 75 of lung cancer, explored remarkable lives and how people relate to each other, both historically and personally. For Jeremy Isaacs’ 24-part series Cold War (1998) for BBC Two / CNN, covering the period from 1945 to 1991, she made five episodes. They […]
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Features world premieres of “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It,” “Ailey” and “Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir” NEW YORK, January 13, 2021 – Three American Masters Pictures documentaries will world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 28 – February 3: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided […]
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As we approach one full year living under the cloud of a devastating global pandemic, so much has been destabilized around the world. The levels of grief and loss we’ve experienced have been overwhelming, and so have the revelations. This time has been a reminder to those not paying attention that inequality, injustice and racism […]
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In June 1945, Headline Hunters, the final war episode * in the Canada Carries On series, was released in Canadian movie theaters. In it, the work of Canadian war correspondents is highlighted, and as May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, I thought I’d use this blog post to take a look back at this […]
Continue ReadingTO striking early moment in the warm, humanistic documentary Rosemary’s Way depicts a group of women standing on a grassy hill in triangular formation beneath a milky blue sky. They are migrants to Australia, coming from a diverse array of backgrounds, some having dealt with deeply traumatic experiences, but all their stories are united by […]
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