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On AlterNet: documentary

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "documentary"

Sundance Docs Showcase Activist Agendas

Sundance Docs Showcase Activist Agendas

Pat Aufderheide, In These Times. March 5, 2008.
This year's Sundance Film Festival featured a host of political documentaries promoting activist causes.

My Family's Nightmare Caught on Film

My Family's Nightmare Caught on Film

Laila Al-Arian, Huffington Post. December 8, 2007.
The threat of continuous harassment and prison time hangs over one writer's family.

What Would Jesus Buy?

What Would Jesus Buy?

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. November 21, 2007.
As the holiday shopping frenzy begins, one documentary explores the problems of mass consumerism and the exploited foreign labor it depends on.

Leo DiCaprio Takes Up Where Al Gore Left Off in New '11th Hour' Environmental Documentary

Leo DiCaprio Takes Up Where Al Gore Left Off in New '11th Hour' Environmental Documentary

Don Hazen, AlterNet. August 19, 2007.
DiCaprio's 11th Hour is a powerful documentary that makes the case that our way of life is totally at odds with the sustainability of our planet. But the film needs the Hollywood star to draw a lot more publicity to it.

Black Children Prefer White Dolls [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. February 9, 2007.
A viral documentary from a teen filmmaker...

Ralph Nader, An Unreasonable Man

Deanna Zandt, AlterNet: Video. February 1, 2007.
Deanna Zandt: A new documentary gets down to the bone on the life and times of America's consumer advocate...

The Sexist Backlash Against the Dixie Chicks

The Sexist Backlash Against the Dixie Chicks

Melissa Silverstein, Women's Media Center. November 3, 2006.
A new film asks whether the Dixie Chicks paid a higher price for speaking out against Bush because they're women.

Diebold demands that HBO cancel voting machine documentary [VIDEO]

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2006.
Electronic voting firm wants network to pull the plug on Hacking Democracy.