documentary
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If You Build It
In 2010 Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller, two architect-activists living in the Bay Area (who upon meeting developed...
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Emily Pilloton Talks Inspiring Students Through Design in ‘If You Build It’
If You Build It, an uplifiting documentary directed by Patrick Creadon (I.O.U.S.A., Wordplay), follows designer-activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew...
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Hank: 5 Years From the Brink
A layman’s guide to the ins and outs of the 2007-08 financial crisis, Hank: 5 Years From the Brink does...
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Sick Birds Die Easy
If you spent the better part of the 00s listening the emo/indie bands on the Saddle Creek record...
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Tim’s Vermeer
Tim Jenison’s an inventor with deep pockets (he made a killing in the video software business) and boundless...
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SFFS Announces Finalists for 2014 Documentary Film Fund
Today, the San Francisco Film Society announced its 11 finalists for the 2014 SFFS Documentary Film Fund awards,...
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12 O’Clock Boys
Who would have thought a documentary about some urban dirt bike riders in Baltimore could be so fascinating?...
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The Final Member
With so many documentaries relying on the same old bag of tricks to tell their stories (talking heads,...
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Starz Digital Picks Up ‘Mistaken For Strangers’ and ‘Trust Me’
Starz Digital Media, the digital distribution subsidiary of Starz, has picked up the rights to two Tribeca standouts:...
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The Square
The Square captures the chaotic energy of the Egyptian mass protests of 2011 and 2013, a rush of sights...
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Sam Berns, Subject of ‘Life According to Sam’, Dies at 17
Life According to Sam subject Sam Berns, 17, died on Friday in Boston, Massachusetts, reports The New York...
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Muscle Shoals
Since its birth, rock music has thrived on rumour and myth. For example, you don’t have to search...
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Liv & Ingmar
For those familiar with the films of Ingmar Bergman, Liv & Ingmar‘s greatest gift is that it adds a...
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Rwandan Drummers Rock California, Spread ‘Sweet Dreams’
On Sunday night, Ingoma Nshya–Rwanda’s first female drum troupe and subjects of the wonderful documentary Sweet Dreams–filled the San...
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Lenny Cooke
How is it possible that the #1 high school basketball player in America never ended up playing in...