The Film Panel Notetaker

Notes from Donor Unknown Q&A
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs
Silver Spring, Marlyand
June 21, 2011
Notes by Erin Essenmacher
Also appearing on Christian Science Monitor’s Culture Cafe on June 30, 2011.
UK-based Met Film’s enchanting documentary “Men Who Swim” — about a group of Swedish guys who face down a mid-life crisis by forming a synchronizing swimming team — made a splash [...]

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Notes from A Crude Awakening Panel
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs
Silver Spring, Maryland
June 21, 2011
Notes by Erin Essenmacher
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger spent three years travelling between the US and Ecuador following a lawsuit between Chevron and a group of 30,000 indigenous and colonial rainforest dwellers that claim the oil giant poisoned their land and ruined their way of life.  The [...]

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Notes from The Swell Season Q&A
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs
Silver Spring, Marlyand
June 20, 2011
Notes by Erin Essenmacher
June 24 Update: Read this also on The Christian Science Monitor’s Culture Cafe.

I know it won’t exactly come as a newsflash, but love stories in the movies don’t always reflect the reality of love stories in real life. Real world [...]

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DocPoint Encounters in NYC
Scandinavia House
New York, NY
June 9, 2011
Notes by Brian Geldin
(June 14 Update) – You can also now read this post on The Christian Science Monitor’s Culture Cafe.
As part of its 10th anniversary, the Helsinki-based DocPoint festival celebrates Finnish documentaries with DocPoint NYC – a program of 47 films hosted by its New York [...]

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