DocuWeeks

Suicide Hangs Over DocuWeeks Film 'Of Two Minds'

Movies
 August 24, 2012 By Steve Pond 39 weeks ago

Documentary about bipolar disorder is one of five films, most focused on women, that conclude DocuWeeks' L.A. showcase

  

DocuWeeks Poses a Question: Can You Re-Enact the Truth? (Updated)

Movies
 August 17, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Second week of L.A. DocuWeeks program includes three documentaries that re-enact events, including 9/11 and a concentration-camp concert

  

DocuWeeks Shrugs Off Academy's Death Threats, Opens With Ethel Kennedy Doc

Awards | Oscars
 August 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 41 weeks ago

Oscar-qualifying showcase DocuWeeks, which could have been lost to new Academy rules, launches with a screening of Rory Kennedy's HBO documentary "Ethel"

  

Oscars' New Documentary Rules Can't Kill DocuWeeks (Updated)

Awards | Oscars
 April 30, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

IDA's annual showcase receives a promise that the L.A. Times will review all its films, satisfying tightened Academy regulations

  

Devastating 9/11 Doc Struggles to Find a Home as Anniversary Nears

Movies
 August 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

DocuWeeks entry "S.O.S./State of Security" has had an easier time overseas than here at home

  

DocuWeeks Kicks Off in L.A. -- Will Give 24 Films an Oscar Boost

Movies
 August 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Docs about Cuban architecture, Death Valley community among first group to take aim at the golden statuette

  

Letterman Doc Funds Oscar-Qualifying Run Through Web Plea

Movies
 July 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The crowd-funding campaign for "Dying to Do Letterman" reveals the costs of competing for an Academy Award at DocuWeeks

  

From Afghanistan to Elmo: This Year's DocuWeeks Lineup Revealed

Movies
 July 6, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Annual Oscar-qualifying showcase to screen in Los Angeles and New York in August and September

  

Oprah Embraces Poetry Doc -- and Complicates Things for 'Louder Than a Bomb'

Movies
 May 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Makers of vibrant high-school poetry film find Oprah's Doc Club a new destination in a changing landscape -- but it comes at a price

  

Violence, Blues, Reconciliation in Final DocuWeeks Program

Movies
 August 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Harrowing civil rights doc "Freedom Riders" begins Oscar-qualifying run

  

Surprising Poetry Doc Highlights DocuWeeks' Round 2

Movies
 August 6, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"Louder than a Bomb" uses familiar ingredients, but it's fresh and vital and exhilirating

  

DocuWeeks Addresses Hot Topics: Religion, Abortion ...

Movies
 July 30, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Oscar-qualifying showcase kicks off in Hollywood, New York

  

DocuWeeks Sets Sights on Oscar

Awards | Oscars
 July 9, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Annual showcase will screen 22 films in Academy qualifying runs

  
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