http://www.mail.com/subjects/24286-documentaries.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24286-documentaries.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2091622-the-office-shutting-nbc-8-years.html NEW YORK (AP) — As "The Office" airs its series finale after eight years on NBC, the time feels right to salute the show that spawned it. I'm talking, of course, about the BBC-produced, British version of "The Office," starring a previously unknown scamp named Ricky Gervais, who also served as its co-creator, -writer and -director. For viewers who stumble... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:09:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2091622-the-office-shutting-nbc-8-years.html 2013-05-16T21:09:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086550-survivor-1987-mich-plane-crash-breaks-silence.html DETROIT (AP) — Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life — one that she doesn't otherwise remember. At only 4 years old, Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground near Detroit Metropolitan Airport. In the new documentary, "Sole Survivor... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:43:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086550-survivor-1987-mich-plane-crash-breaks-silence.html 2013-05-15T19:43:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086732-victims-88-dui-bus-crash-ky-remembered.html RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash. In the town that still grieves for the 27 who perished, people gathered Tuesday evening to remember the victims ... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086732-victims-88-dui-bus-crash-ky-remembered.html 2013-05-15T08:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073182-jfk-retrospective-latino-history-pbs-schedule.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS' fall schedule will examine President John F. Kennedy's life and his death 50 years ago through a modern lens, part of the network's increased emphasis on relevance, its programming chief said. A variety of programs about Kennedy will air in the weeks leading up to the milestone anniversary of his Nov. 22, 1963, slaying in Dallas, i... Thu, 09 May 2013 17:08:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073182-jfk-retrospective-latino-history-pbs-schedule.html 2013-05-09T17:08:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063528-rule-oscar-voters-watch-dvds-votes.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar voters will no longer be required to see certain nominated films in a theater to cast their ballots. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Saturday that members will be mailed DVDs of documentaries, shorts and foreign language nominees — categories that don't typically get lengthy stays on multiplex big screens... Sat, 04 May 2013 21:38:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063528-rule-oscar-voters-watch-dvds-votes.html 2013-05-04T21:38:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2057984-documentary-examines-lives-porn-stars.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ever wonder what makes young, pretty, "good" girls pursue careers in porn? So did Deborah Anderson, that's why she made a documentary and fine-art photography book on the subject. "Aroused" opens in select theaters Thursday and is available for download on iTunes. The book is available on Amazon. Many of the 16 adult... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:47:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2057984-documentary-examines-lives-porn-stars.html 2013-05-02T19:47:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049276-american-charged-ex-general-held-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An American filmmaker was formally charged late Saturday by Venezuelan officials who accuse him of paying right-wing groups to foment postelection unrest on behalf of U.S. intelligence. The federal prosecutor's office said Timothy Tracy, 35, of West Hollywood, California, was charged with crimes including conspiracy, association ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:44:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049276-american-charged-ex-general-held-venezuela.html 2013-04-28T03:44:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2045704-the-rocket-kill-team-take-top-tribeca-honors.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Laos adventure "The Rocket" and the Afghanistan War documentary "The Kill Team" have taken top honors at the Tribeca Film Festival. In an awards ceremony Thursday evening in New York, festival jurors selected Kim Mordaunt's "The Rocket" for best narrative film. Its 10-year-old star won best actor. The young Sitthiphon Disamoe stars as ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:50:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2045704-the-rocket-kill-team-take-top-tribeca-honors.html 2013-04-26T00:50:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2043832-senna-director-to-amy-winehouse-documentary.html LONDON (AP) — The director of award-winning film "Senna" is making a documentary about the late soul singer Amy Winehouse. Focus Features International says the movie will feature unseen archive footage to tell the story of the art and life of the musician, who died at age 27 in London in 2011 from accidental alcohol poisoning. The Win... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:49:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2043832-senna-director-to-amy-winehouse-documentary.html 2013-04-25T13:49:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2040786-thailand-bans-film-thai-cambodian-border-row.html BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's film censors have banned a documentary about the country's long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia as a threat to national security, the filmmaker said Wednesday. "Boundary" tells the story of the Thai-Cambodian conflict through accounts of an ex-soldier who lives near the border, as well as villagers from the two c... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:24:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2040786-thailand-bans-film-thai-cambodian-border-row.html 2013-04-24T09:24:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035132-taliban-threat-skew-pakistan-election-result.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly being forced to rely on social media, phone calls and even short documentaries that allow them to campaign at a distance. That could give hard-line Islamic can... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:44:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035132-taliban-threat-skew-pakistan-election-result.html 2013-04-21T18:44:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2034440-nigeria-censors-documentary-growing-crackdown.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The documentary on a massive strike that paralyzed life in Nigeria features newspaper headlines, television news footage and other information widely known about a government gasoline subsidy that saw billions of dollars stolen by greedy companies and the nation's elite. It also, according to Nigerian authorities, could spark violenc... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:11:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2034440-nigeria-censors-documentary-growing-crackdown.html 2013-04-21T15:11:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2026834-tribeca-fest-dedicated-to-boston-opening-night.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Tribeca Film Festival opened in a spirit of brotherly love — both on the screen, and in thoughts for the people for Boston. Richard Belzer began by dedicating this year's festival, the 12th annual, to Boston following Monday's deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon. Tribeca is no stranger to such horror: It was founded by Robert De Niro... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:42:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2026834-tribeca-fest-dedicated-to-boston-opening-night.html 2013-04-18T03:42:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2018432-london-school-economics-denounces-bbc-tactics.html LONDON (AP) — One of Britain's leading academic institutions, the London School of Economics, is accusing the BBC of putting students at risk by using them as cover for a covert reporting trip to North Korea. The school says BBC's decision to send three TV journalists to the secretive communist state in March to shoot a documentary without governmental pe... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:14:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2018432-london-school-economics-denounces-bbc-tactics.html 2013-04-14T17:14:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015962-film-boosts-immigration-fight.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, bankrolls a new documentary to promote the effort, directed by Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim. Guggenheim directed Al Gore's film on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," and 2010'... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:41:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015962-film-boosts-immigration-fight.html 2013-04-12T16:41:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2007280-museum-exhibitions-to-movie-theaters.html NEW YORK (AP) — From the people who brought live Metropolitan Opera performances to a movie theater near you comes the next big-screen cultural attraction: museum art exhibits from around the world. It begins Thursday with a retrospective devoted to the portraits by Edouard Manet from the Royal Academy of Arts in London, screened to 450 theaters across th... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:51:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2007280-museum-exhibitions-to-movie-theaters.html 2013-04-09T16:51:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2004666-acclaimed-documentary-maker-les-blank-dies-77.html BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Les Blank, an acclaimed documentary maker who focused his camera on cultural corners ranging from blues music, to garlic lovers, to shoe-eating artists, died Sunday at age 77, his son said. Blank died at his home in Berkeley, Calif. nearly a year after being diagnosed with bladder cancer, Harrod Blank said. Blank's 42 films earned ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:17:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2004666-acclaimed-documentary-maker-les-blank-dies-77.html 2013-04-08T09:17:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2001036-hbo-making-ephron-documentary-with-son.html NEW YORK (AP) — Nora Ephron will be the subject of an HBO documentary being made by her one of her sons, journalist Jacob Bernstein. The network said Friday that the project, titled "Everything is Copy," will also have Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter as executive producer. Ephron died at age 71 last year. She was the writer behind films "When Harry Met ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:49:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2001036-hbo-making-ephron-documentary-with-son.html 2013-04-05T17:49:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997202-grandfathers-hidden-photos-inspire-holocaust-film.html BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Nash's grandfather only mentioned the photographs to him once. Twenty-five-years later, they are the subject of a new documentary on the Holocaust that Nash spent three years making after finding the pictures his grandfather took while serving as an Army medic in World War II. Kept hidden from Nash and others in t... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:55:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997202-grandfathers-hidden-photos-inspire-holocaust-film.html 2013-04-04T06:55:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982446-pivot-network-millennials-tries-to-change-tv.html NEW YORK (AP) — Pivot is the name of a TV channel aimed at 15-to-34-year-olds who want to change the world. In the process, they could help Pivot change the television business. Announced last December, the new venture was officially unveiled Wednesday at a news conference disclosing program and distribution details as well as its name and August 1 sign-o... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:15:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982446-pivot-network-millennials-tries-to-change-tv.html 2013-03-27T19:15:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1958404-correction-film-an-unreal-dream-story.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In a March 15 story about the documentary "An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story," The Associated Press made two errors when reporting that John Bradley emailed Eric Morton about his father's likely release from prison. John Raley sent the email, not John Bradley, and Morton's son had changed his name by then from Eric Morton to Eric Olson. ... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1958404-correction-film-an-unreal-dream-story.html 2013-03-16T19:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1955946-snoop-documentary-reincarnated-sxsw-premiere.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In hip-hop terms, using three names in four decades qualifies as a sign of remarkable consistency. So expectations were high when Snoop Lion, the rapper born Calvin Broadus who rose to fame in the gangsta rap 1990s as Snoop Doggy Dogg, emerged Thursday for the premiere of his new movie, album and identity. For "Rei... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:05:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1955946-snoop-documentary-reincarnated-sxsw-premiere.html 2013-03-15T01:05:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1949898-egypt-stops-screening-film-jewish-community.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security agencies have stopped the screening of a documentary on the Egyptian Jewish community a day before it was due to debut in local cinemas, the film producer said in a statement Tuesday. He said no reasons were given. The "Jews of Egypt", a documentary that follows the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:24:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1949898-egypt-stops-screening-film-jewish-community.html 2013-03-12T21:24:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1940214-film-project-focuses-stories-debris.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A ball. A boat. A little girl's sandal. Filmmakers are working to find — and tell — the stories behind some of the items that have washed up on North American shores following the deadly 2011 tsunami in Japan. "Lost and Found" aims to reunite items discovered by beachcombers and others who feel compelled to return them to their right... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:50:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1940214-film-project-focuses-stories-debris.html 2013-03-08T08:50:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1936318-linklater-green-films-join-tribeca-lineup.html NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmakers from Richard Linklater to David Gordon Green to Whoopi Goldberg are bringing films to this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The New York festival announced the second half of its 89-film slate Wednesday, all in various out-of-competition sections. Some of the films, like Linklater's "Before Midnight" and Green's "Prince Avalanche,"... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:38:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1936318-linklater-green-films-join-tribeca-lineup.html 2013-03-06T19:38:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1933468-watts-pitt-bring-films-to-tribeca-film-festival.html NEW YORK (AP) — The 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival will feature everything from Will Forte's dramatic film debut to a tale of arctic cowboys herding reindeer. The New York festival on Tuesday announced 46 of the 89 feature films that will make up this year's lineup. The films include those in competition at Tribeca, in both narrative and documentary ca... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:47:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1933468-watts-pitt-bring-films-to-tribeca-film-festival.html 2013-03-05T19:47:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1922592-tribeca-to-open-with-documentary-national.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Tribeca Film Festival will open with a documentary about the National, along with a performance by the Brooklyn band. The festival announced Thursday that "Mistaken for Strangers," which documents the National on tour, will premiere April 17. The film is directed by Tom Berninger, brother to lead to singer Matt Berninger. ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:07:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1922592-tribeca-to-open-with-documentary-national.html 2013-02-28T19:07:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1914000-ex-canada-ambassador-pleased-affleck-thanks-canada.html TORONTO (AP) — The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis said Monday it was good to hear Ben Affleck thank Canada after Affleck's film "Argo" won the Oscar for best picture. "Argo" came under criticism from some Canadians, including former ambassador Ken Taylor, who said he fe... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:42:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1914000-ex-canada-ambassador-pleased-affleck-thanks-canada.html 2013-02-25T20:42:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1912828-list-85th-annual-academy-award-winners.html List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday in Los Angeles: 1. Best Picture: "Argo." 2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln." 3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook." 4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained." 5. Supporting Actr... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:58:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1912828-list-85th-annual-academy-award-winners.html 2013-02-25T04:58:50Z