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Jon Wiener on John Lennon

John Lennon historian Jon Wiener supplements his Truthdig article on John Lennon and the Politics of Deportation in this interview with Truthdig editor Robert Scheer.

Posted on Sep 12, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


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John Lennon and the Politics of Deportation, From Nixon to Bush

The documentary “The U.S. vs. John Lennon,? which opens today, recounts President Richard Nixon?s campaign to deport the Beatle because of his antiwar activism. In this report, Jon Wiener, a Lennon historian who consulted on the film, writes that President Bush has gone much further than Nixon in using immigration law to get rid of noncitizens whom the White House doesn?t like.

Posted on Sep 12, 2006 READ MORE  |  13 COMMENTS


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The City That Care Forgot: Spike Lee and the ‘New’ New Orleans Blues

Spike Lee’s new four-hour HBO documentary, ?When the Levees Broke: A Requiem for New Orleans in Four Acts,? which premiered Monday night (and continues Tuesday night), is a haunting, maddening and expertly told story about the signature event in recent American history that showed how little our government truly cares for many of its citizens.

Posted on Aug 19, 2006 READ MORE  |  38 COMMENTS


Who Killed the Electric Car

The Next Must-See Documentary

Check out the new movie that The New York Times calls “a prosecutorial examination of the role of oil companies, the automobile industry and the Bush administration (them again) in stymieing the development of emission-free electric vehicles.”

 

Posted on Jul 6, 2006 READ MORE


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‘Frontline’ Profiles the Dark Side of Cheney

Watch the PBS documentary on the vice president’s post-9/11 actions that has the progressive blogosphere buzzing.

Posted on Jun 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS



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Lawrence Bender: The Truthdig Interview

Bender, the producer of every Quentin Tarantino movie, describes how he produced the Al Gore global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” Check out:

  • Why he thought a guy nicknamed “The Robot” would a compelling documentary subject
  • His take on Gore’s inability to capitalize on global warming when he was in office
  • Bender’s recognition that climate change barely registers on most voters’ minds

  • Posted on May 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


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    Why We Fight

    If you are troubled by the symbiotic relationship between military contractors and military planners—as Eisenhower was—don’t miss the acclaimed documentary, “Why We Fight.”
    Check out:

  • the trailer
  • an interview with the film’s creator
  • a New Yorker article on the film’s screening at a military academy
  • a Walter Cronkite column on the film
  • movie reviews here, here and here
  • Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


    Pity the Fool

    Paul Provenza, director of the gleefully obscene “The Aristocrats,” explains why Hollywood doesn’t get the joke.

    Posted on Feb 28, 2006 READ MORE  |  6 COMMENTS


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    It’s War, Not Hollywood

    By John Crawford

    “Off to War” shows real soldiers and their families struggling to deal with the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

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    Posted on Nov 29, 2005 READ MORE


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