Your Weekend Documentary: ‘Super Size Me’
As Sharon Waxman points out in her WaxWord blog, a broader range of documentary films is now hitting the Web in toto thanks to Snagfilms.com, taking advantage of the Internet's distribution potential to help boost interest in documentaries.As Sharon Waxman pointed out in her WaxWord blog, a broader range of documentary films is now hitting the Web in toto thanks to Snagfilms.com, taking advantage of the Internet’s distribution potential to help boost interest in documentaries. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Morgan Spurlock’s buzz-magnet about the perils of the fast-food lifestyle, “Super Size Me.”
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