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American Masters Billie Jean King To Be Rebroadcast
If you care about the history of women’s sports in America and if you know or remember little or nothing about the key role that tennis champ Billie Jean King played in turning her sport into a professional enterprise, I urge you … Continue reading
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Tagged American Masters Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Diversity, Equal Rights, James Erskine, Sports, Tennis, The Battle of the Sexes, Women's Issues
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New 35mm Print of A Time for Burning to Debut at BAM
On Wednesday night, August 21, at 7 p.m., if you are in the vicinity of Brooklyn, New York, you would be wise to scoot over to BAM (the Brooklyn Academy of Music/Peter J. Sharp Building) for a rare opportunity to see the … Continue reading
Rebel Honors Latina Soldier in the American Civil War
I’m generally not a fan of documentaries that incorporate dramatic re-enactments into the mix. However, I applaud filmmaker María Agui Carter—Rockefeller fellow and native of Ecuador—who includes some quite lovely and effective dramatic moments in her new hour-long film, Rebel, premiering on PBS on Memorial Day … Continue reading
Mel Brooks Makes a Noise on American Masters Tonight
On June 6, the American Film Institute will bestow their 41st Life Achievement Award on Brooklyn’s own Melvin J. Kaminsky. Melvin joins a stellar list of previous AFI recipients with such notable monikers as Bette Davis, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Fred Astaire and … Continue reading
The Invisible War Debuts Monday Night on PBS
Tomorrow night, the PBS series Independent Lens will host the broadcast premiere of a documentary I first covered during its theatrical release last summer (FrontRowCenter, July 2012). Given the horrifying jump in sexual assaults in the military (current statistics were released by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Ziering, Independent Lens, Kirby Dick, Rape, Sexual Assault, The Invisible War, U.S. Military, Women's Issues
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The Central Park Five Debuts on PBS Tonight
Tonight, I encourage you to DVR the latest installment of Ready for Love, Dancing with the Stars or NCIS and turn your attention instead to The Central Park Five which debuts on PBS at 9:00 p.m. EDT (Check local listings). The Central … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American Studies, Central Park Jogger, Criminal Justice, David McMahon, Ken Burns, Racism, Rape, Sarah Burns, The Central Park Five, TimesTalks
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The House I Live In Needs Repair
There are no easy answers to why America’s so-called “war on drugs” has been a failure, but filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s new documentary, The House I Live In, raises enough pertinent questions and points enough fingers to fill half-a-dozen films. As a result, … Continue reading
The Following Takes the Low Road
Call me crazy, but in light of the “dialogue on mental illness” that is supposedly sweeping the country incited by the Newtown school shootings and the fractured family depicted in Silver Linings Playbook, how can FOX justify its new serial killer-cum-cult … Continue reading
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Tagged 666 Park Avenue, Crime & Punishment, Cults, Kevin Bacon, Newtown, Serial Killers, The Following, The Killing, The Sopranos, Violence in Media
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Perry Miller Adato Remembers Paris The Luminous Years
Back in the day when I was a young graduate film student at New York University, I by chance caught Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me (1970) on NET/Channel 13. To say that the film changed my life is an … Continue reading
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