WINGS OF DEFEAT, recently broadcast on the PBS Independent Lens series, was awarded the 2009 OAH ERIK BARNOUW AWARD by the Organization of American Historians. The Erik Barnouw Award, first given in 1983, honors the late Erik Barnouw, a historian of the mass media. The award is given annually to a film concerned with American history. Wings of Defeat was directed by Linda Hoaglund.
After its world premiere at the Sundance 09 Film Festival, The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court will have its U.S. broadcast premiere on the PBS P.O.V. series on Tuesday, July 14 at 10pm (please check local listings as times may vary by PBS station). For more information and local listings please visit:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/reckoning
In The Reckoning a David & Goliath battle of titanic proportions unfolds as International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo faces down warlords, genocidal dictators and world superpowers in his struggle to tame the Wild West of global conflict zones and bring perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice.
From New Day filmmaker, Alice Elliot:
This summer I’m teaching an introductory documentary course at New York University. Because the students have just six weeks to complete 3 projects, I’m challenging myself to only show short docs. My hope is that they will see how powerful and artful short films can be.
Some New Day Films I’ll show are No Dumb Questions-Melissa Regan’s funny touching film, my own Academy Award nominated short, Collector of Bedford Street, and my Henry Hampton Award winning short doc Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy.
Jesse Epstein’s three films about body image, Wet Dreams and False Images, The Guarantee, 34×25x36 now collected on one DVD and sold as Body Typed, are always a big hit with the students, so I will definitely be showing those, too.
Other good sources include the POV website where City of Cranes and Ars Magna are both playing on line. (http://www.pbs.org/pov/video/search then chose the TYPE - short films).
Great short new day titles are Chuck Braverman’s Revolving Door, and Curtain Call, Deborah Chasnoff’s 7 films including her Academy Award winning Deadly Deception.
What other New Day Films can help with the Summer Short Film Challenge?
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