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PLANET OF THE HUMANS Michael Moore Doc
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I’m going to watch PLANET OF THE HUMANS this week, haven’t had a chance yet, but when I heard about the censorship of Youtube yanking it over purported copyright infringement I decided to post the version uploaded to Vimeo in support of Free Speech. Update: as of June 5, 2020 the documentary is once again posted to YouTube Planet of the Humans is a 2019 Michael Moore American environmental documentary film written, directed, and produced with Jeff Gibbs. This one goes after the so called “good guys” examining the environmental companies and organizations in bed with Capitalism. It seems some of the reason why we’re…
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Part II Sundance Wrap Up (Scribe – Carol Coombes)
Tinsel & Tine: As promised, here is the second installment of Carol’s blog from Sundance 2010 featuring Documentary reviews. Check back next week for her narrative film reviews. Documentaries, oftentimes considered the poor relative of the narrative fiction film, have in the last decade enjoyed a popular renaissance. Fueled by the runaway success of Micheal Moore’s Bowling for Columbine (2002) and followed by stand-out docs including Capturing the Friedmans (2003), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) and March Of The Penquins (2005), film acquisition executives, distributors and educators have got the message – documentaries are riding high in the popular imagination.(photo by Carol Coombes) The technological leaps of smart-phones, the access to lightweight…
