Helen Reddy, the Australian-born singer known worldwide for her hit song “I Am Woman” making her a feminist anthem and the subject of the biopic of the same title, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 78.
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Berlin Film Festival Confirms Founding Director Alfred Bauer DID Play a Role in Nazi Regime
Alfred Bauer with Sophia Loren Berlin Film Festival today confirmed that founding director Alfred Bauer, after whom the Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize award was named, did play a role in the Reichsfilmintendanz which was more significant than previously known and was systematically covered up by him after 1945. Reichsfilmintendanz was the central institution for controlling film production in the Nazi regime.
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BFI London Film Fest: Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan and Francis Lee Shortlisted for Filmmaker Award
Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan and Francis Lee Shortlisted for Filmmaker Award Three British filmmakers – Cathy Brady, writer/director of her debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer/ director of his debut feature After Love and Francis Lee, writer/director of his sophomore feature Ammonite – are shortlisted for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award which will be announced at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival.
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Showtime Documentary BAD HOMBRES Chronicles the World’s Only Binational Professional Baseball Team
A still from BAD HOMBRES. Photo credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME. Bad Hombres, the new documentary film chronicling the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, the world’s only binational professional baseball team premieres on Showtime on Friday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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PBS Releases Trailer for DRIVING WHILE BLACK: RACE, SPACE AND MOBILITY IN AMERICA Documentary
Driving While Black PBS released the trailer for Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America – a ground-breaking, two-hour documentary film by acclaimed historian Dr. Gretchen Sorin and Emmy–winning director Ric Burns that examines the history of African Americans on the road from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond.
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imagineNATIVE Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup – Inconvenient Indian, Monkey Beach, Love and Fury, and more
Inconvenient Indian, directed by Michelle Latimer The 21st Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, running online October 20 – 25, 2020, today announced the lineup of feature length films, short programs, the recipient of the 2020 August Schellenberg Award of Excellence, and more.
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AGT Trans Comedian Julia Scotti Tells Her Comeback Story in JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY
Julia Scotti: Funny That Way Since 1980, Julia Scotti has been performing in clubs and theaters throughout the United States and Canada, performing for the first 20 years as Rick Scotti and appearing on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, after a long hiatus, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” all documented in the new film Julia Scotti: Funny That Way.
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Steve Mc Queen’s LOVERS ROCK Added to BFI London Film Festival Lineup
Steve McQueen’s LOVERS ROCK Lovers Rock directed by BFI Fellow Steve Mc Queen, has been added to the lineup of this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Lovers Rock is one of five films from Steve Mc Queen’s Small Axe anthology alongside the festival’s Opening film Mangrove. The film will screen on Sunday October 18th across two screenings at BFI Southbank as part of the LFF’s Love strand.
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STARDUST to Open + HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN to Close Raindance Film Festival 2020 Lineup
Stardust, starring Johnny Flynn Raindance Film Festival opens on October 28th with the UK Premiere of Stardust directed by Gabriel Range. Stardust stars Johnny Flynn (Emma, Beast) as a young David Bowie embarking on his first trip to America, revealing the inspirations and life events that gave birth to his iconic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, charting the transformation of one of the world’s greatest cultural icons.
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Urbanworld Film Festival 2020 Winners – THE KILLING OF KENNETH CHAMBERLAIN, SALVATION, THE DONUT KING Win Top Prizes
Frankie Faison (Kenneth Chamberlain) in The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Urbanworld Film Festival announced the 2020 award winners with The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, directed by David Midell winning the award for Best Narrative Feature (US) . The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain is based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran suffering from bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.
