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DVD Review: Jean Renoir’s “The Southerner” (1945)
Edit The Examiner 20 Feb 2016
“The Southerner”. Directed by Jean Renoir. Cast. Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J.Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Charles Kemper, Blanche Yurka, Norman Lloyd, Estelle Taylor, Paul Harvey, Noreen Nash, Jack Norwith, Nestor Pavia. Released April 30, 1945 ... 92 minutes ... Its extras include Pare Lorentz’s 1938 short “The River,” which Renoir has stated inspired “The Southerner,” and a 1944 short by Renoir entitled “A Salute to France.” ....
‘The Look of Silence’ Wins Top Prize at IDA Awards
Edit The Wrap 06 Dec 2015
Vanguard of the Revolution,” “Listen to Me Marlon,” “The Russian Woodpecker” and “What Happened, Miss Simone?” ... Also Read ... Also Read ... Several awards had been previously announced, with “How to Change the World” winning the Pare Lorentz Award and creative recognition honors going to “The Russian Woodpecker” for cinematography, “Kurt Cobain ... Pare Lorentz Award ... David L....
The Look of Silence tops winners at documentary association awards
Edit The Guardian 06 Dec 2015
@nigelmfs. The Look of Silence, director Joshua Oppenheimer’s harrowing follow-up to his Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing, won top honors at the International Documentary Association’s 2015 awards on Saturday night. The Act of Killing, released in 2013, profiled some perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, by having them re-enact their appalling crimes ... Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video ... Pare Lorentz award ... ....
When Did Eco Documentaries Get So Slick?
Edit Bloomberg 18 Nov 2015
In an early scene of the documentary Racing Extinction, undercover agents infiltrate a trendy restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif. Using hidden cameras, they capture a waiter serving endangered whale sushi ... “It’s a bingo.” ... “Racing Extinction is more accessible.” ... Eco flicks date back to the 1930s, when the Roosevelt administration hired activist Pare Lorentz to make topical films to play in theaters alongside Hollywood features ... ....
‘Amy,’ ‘Listen to Me Marlon,’ ‘The Look of Silence’ Nominated for IDA Awards
Edit The Wrap 04 Nov 2015
“Amy,” “The Black Panthers. Vanguard of the Revolution,” “Listen to Me Marlon,” “The Look of Silence,” “The Russian Woodpecker” and “What Happened, Miss Simone?” have been named the best documentaries of 2015 by the International Documentary Association, which has nominated those six films in the top category at the IDA Documentary Awards ... A24 ... Pare Lorentz Award....
Friday Features - Sept. 4 (University of Wisconsin - Platteville)
Edit Public Technologies 04 Sep 2015
(Source. University of Wisconsin - Platteville). Kappa Delta Pi officers conduct retreat ... 28-29 on campus ... this October ... Snyder publishes essays for Library of Congress ... In 2014, Snyder was invited by the Library of Congress to submit an essay on the late American filmmaker, Pare Lorentz ... Snyder, was Lorentz's biographer and wrote the book, "Pare Lorentz and the Documentary Film."....
On Native Land
Edit CounterPunch 03 Jul 2015
Esthetically, the film will remind you of “The Plow that Broke the Plains”, a much more famous work from the period directed by Pare Lorentz, the most influential documentary filmmaker in the 1930s and 40s ... For Lorentz’s film, Virgil Thompson wrote a score that was a second cousin to Aaron Copland’s folkish style, one that had an influence on latter-day film composers such as Elmer Bernstein ... Still from “Native Land.” ... C. I....
University Chamber Orchestra to present 'The River' at Roselle Center for the Arts (University of Delaware)
Edit noodls 13 Apr 2015
(Source. University of Delaware) ... The lecture-recital program will begin with a panel discussion examining the political and ecological atmosphere of the 1930s that led to the creation of the documentary film The River, directed by Pare Lorentz, and how the film score by Virgil Thomson supported the efforts of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) ... distributed by ... (noodl....
A Road Three Hundred Years Long: Cinema and the Great Migration (MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art)
Edit noodls 21 Mar 2015
Alexander, Zora Neale Hurston, Pare Lorentz, Edgar Ulmer and others ... Directed by Pare Lorentz ... (As Josh White sang in "Southern Exposure," his protest song, "Boss takes my crop and the poll takes my vote.") Lorentz's The River, which inspired Jacob Lawrence for his Great Migration series, is a classic document of New Deal progressivism ... Directed by Pare Lorentz....
Grapes of Wrath Revisited
Edit The Examiner 01 Feb 2015
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the premier of The Grapes of Wrath ... Even to this day, biographer Joseph McBride, reminds us it remains “Hollywood’s strongest indictment of depression era socioeconomics.”. The Grapes of Wrath was almost universally declared an instant masterpiece after its release in 1940 ... Youtube is now loaded with clips from the film ... They screened the government documentary films of Pare Lorentz ... Frank S....
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‘Citizenfour’ Wins Top Documentary at IDA Awards
Edit The Wrap 06 Dec 2014
Also read. Edward Snowden Doc Director on Taking 'Staggering' Risks, Angering Powerful People. Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton won the Best Short Film award for “Tashi and the Monk,” which also became the rare short to win the Pare Lorentz Award, given to films on environmental and social issues ... Also read. 'Citizenfour,' 'Life Itself,' 'Last Days in Vietnam' Make Oscar Documentary Shortlist ... See video ... OWN ... PARE LORENTZ AWARD....
'Citizenfour' takes top honor at IDA Documentary Awards
Edit The Los Angeles Times 06 Dec 2014
"Citizenfour," Laura Poitras' film about NSA document leaker Edward Snowden, won the International Documentary Assn.'s prize for best feature at the 2014 IDA Awards on Friday evening ... Oscars. 'Citizenfour,' 'Grim Sleeper' among 15 films on doc shortlist Oliver Gettell ... ( Oliver Gettell ) ... Add a comment. 0 ... The short also garnered the Pare Lorentz Award, which recognizes films focusing on environmental and social issues ... ....
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