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8 Great Arrogant Tips From A Documentary Programmer

June 14th, 2009 · No Comments

I can understand that Basil Tsiokos has seen it all and sometimes enough is enough.
Basil Tsiokos is Programming Associate, Documentary Features for the Sundance Film Festival. He also screens for POV, has been a guest curator for the Jacob Burns Film Center, and regularly watches hundreds a film a year through programming or [...]

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Finders Fee

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

I am not Marshall…so I didn’t get the job. I can deal, for now. Springtime is here and that means a lot of businesses and films are ready to shoot. I have about 3 plugins/software apps to review in the next few weeks and getting crazy amounts of referral based business, which [...]

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What To Charge

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

I got an email from a fellow documentary filmmaker interested in using some footage from my documentary, “Greensboro’s Child“. My documentary deals with the Greensboro Massacre, in which 5 anti klan protesters were shot and killed during a “Death to the Klan” rally on November 3rd, 1979.
The footage he is inquiring about is of [...]

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Bad Voodoo’s War… Deborah Scranton At It Again

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Deborah Scranton the Director of “The War Tapes,” is at it again. This time as the Director of “Bad Voodoo’s War,” premieres Tuesday, April 1st, 2008, FRONTLINE at 9 P.M. ET on PBS.

“Here we are. It’s about 2:30 in the morning on the 2nd of October. We have been on the road [...]

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Almost Missed It

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Once again, “Greensboro’s Child,” was screened in Greensboro. I thought it was a dead deal this year. Three days after November 3rd, I got a call from Brad Akin, a Director from Steep Theater company in Chicago, interested in researching and learning more about November 3rd, 1979. He is going to to [...]

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I’m Signed On… Dogs Of Chinatown

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

OK future jobs hold off your high paying gigs for at least the next month. I’ve signed on to be a part of the crew for Micah Moore’s, “Dog’s of Chinatown” an Independent Feature length film. The cool part about this film is the vision Micah has for it and the cast he [...]

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Short Film Friday: Hillman Curtis – Artist Documentary Series Paula Scher

June 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

A documentary on the designer Paula Scher.

Directed by: Hillman Curtis

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Short Film Friday: Darfur Genocide Documentary

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

The Government of Sudan had closed Darfur to investigators and aid workers at the beginning of 2003. But at the beginning of 2004 London-based filmmaker Philip Cox entered the violence-torn region by crossing the Chad border. The UN estimates of conflict-affected persons in Darfur and eastern Chad now approach 4 million (3.6 million in Darfur; [...]

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Tonight: House Party in Greensboro – An Evening with Bill Moyers

April 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Don’t bring your PJs and expect Kid ‘n Play to get you grooving. This house party is to get you thinking out loud and share your thoughts with your fellow Greensboro citizens. So take a break from American Idol tonight and come over to this friendly house in Greensboro and watch Bill Moyers [...]

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Short Film Friday: The Squirrel Killer of Haddonfield, New Jersey

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

A short documentary on the former civic association of the year in a small, suburban town. The subject feels that the town is overrun with squirrels. His solution: trap and drown them. Is he a good or a bad guy? Is this a perverse obsession or an extension of his civic duties?

Directed by: Ed [...]

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