A new documentary from Dawn Porter (director of 2 excellent documentary features previously covered on this blog - "Gideon's Army" and "Spies Of Mississippi") made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Ut, last month, where it won a Special Jury Award. Titled "Trapped," in the filmmaker's words, here's a summary of what the film tackles: "'Trapped' is a new documentary I'm creating that follows the progress of Southern reproductive health clinics as they struggle to provide care in the face of an increasingly hostile legal and political climate. I take viewers to the front lines of the war on reproductive...
- 3/4/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A new documentary from Dawn Porter (director of 2 excellent documentary features previously covered on this blog - "Gideon's Army" and "Spies Of Mississippi") made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Ut, last month, where it won a Special Jury Award. Titled "Trapped," in the filmmaker's words, here's a summary of what the film tackles: "'Trapped' is a new documentary I'm creating that follows the progress of Southern reproductive health clinics as they struggle to provide care in the face of an increasingly hostile legal and political climate. I take viewers to the front lines of the war on reproductive...
- 2/29/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A new documentary from Dawn Porter (director of 2 excellent documentary features previously covered on this blog - "Gideon's Army" and "Spies Of Mississippi") made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Ut, last month, where it won a Special Jury Award. Titled "Trapped," in the filmmaker's words, here's a summary of what the film tackles: "'Trapped' is a new documentary I'm creating that follows the progress of Southern reproductive health clinics as they struggle to provide care in the face of an increasingly hostile legal and political climate. I take viewers to the front lines of the war on reproductive...
- 2/8/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A new documentary from Dawn Porter (director of 2 excellent documentary features previously covered on this blog - "Gideon's Army" and "Spies Of Mississippi") is making its world premiere at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Ut. Titled "Trapped," in the filmmaker's words, here's a summary of what the film tackles: "'Trapped' is a new documentary I'm creating that follows the progress of Southern reproductive health clinics as they struggle to provide care in the face of an increasingly hostile legal and political climate. I take viewers to the front lines of the war on reproductive rights and show the human effects of...
- 1/25/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Directed by Dawn Porter ("Gideon's Army," 'Spies Of Mississippi"), the documentary film "Rise: The Promise of My Brother's Keeper" explores the lives and families of boys and young men of color from 4 programs around the U.S. that are living the principles of the My Brother's Keeper (Mbk) initiative, and will simulcast on Discovery Channel and Own: Oprah Winfrey Network on Father's Day, Sunday, June 21 at 7Pm Et/Pt. Ahead of that date, Discovery has released the film online, exclusively on Facebook, where you can watch it right now! The film addresses President Obama's challenge to cities and towns to encourage coherent cradle-to-college-and-career...
- 6/19/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Directed by Dawn Porter ("Gideon's Army," 'Spies Of Mississippi"), the documentary film "Rise: The Promise of My Brother's Keeper" explores the lives and families of boys and young men of color from 4 programs around the U.S. that are living the principles of the My Brother's Keeper (Mbk) initiative, and will simulcast on Discovery Channel and Own: Oprah Winfrey Network on Father's Day, Sunday, June 21 at 7Pm Et/Pt. The film also addresses President Obama's challenge to cities and towns to encourage coherent cradle-to-college-and-career strategies for improving the life outcomes of all young people, regardless of who they are, where they come from, or the...
- 5/21/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A new documentary from Dawn Porter (director of 2 excellent documentary features previously covered on this blog - "Gideon's Army" and "Spies Of Mississippi") needs your help to ensure that it's completed. Titled "Trapped," in the filmmaker's words, lifted from the project's Kickstarter page, here's a summary of what the film will tackle: "Trapped is a new documentary I'm creating that follows the progress of Southern reproductive health clinics as they struggle to provide care in the face of an increasingly hostile legal and political climate. I take viewers to the front lines of the war on reproductive rights and show the human...
- 4/30/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
While I empathize with filmmaker Dawn Porter and frustrated viewers regarding the PBS Black History Month scheduling flap, I think some more important questions to be posed are, "Why do we still categorize the content of this programming as black history, and not American history? Why can't we see this programming year-round? Why must it all be lumped into the month of February?" An even bigger question could be, "Why didn't Washington, DC-based PBS member-station Whut (the Hu stands for historically black Howard University) air Porter's Spies Of Mississippi last night?" I called Whut this morning to inquire as to whether the civil rights era-set documentary would air at any...
- 2/11/2014
- by Emmanuel Akitobi
- ShadowAndAct
Weta, the PBS network affiliate serving the nation’s capital, District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland will not be following PBS' Black History Month prime-time programming scheduling, to the consternation of many across the country - especially in the aforementioned regions. And with very good reason of course. Instead, the station is, in some cases, airing reruns of Downton Abbey and Sherlock, as well as episodes of Antique Roadshow, and will instead broadcast PBS' Black History Month programming at some really odd, if inaccessible hours. For example, while a lot of us will be tuning in to watch Dawn Porter's Spies Of Mississippi tonight, when it makes its...
- 2/10/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In commemoration of Black History Month and as part of its ongoing commitment to provide diverse programming and resources for all Americans, PBS will broadcast premiere Dawn Porter's (Gideon’s Army) riveting documentary - the delectably-titled Spies Of Mississippi (which tells the compelling story of how State spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era) - via its Independent Lens documentary series, Tonight, at 10pm. Check your local listings. The closing night film of last year’s Nyadiff is a documentary that is, at its core, about how completely delusional racists are. It is, after all, only delusion that could make...
- 2/10/2014
- by Zeba Blay
- ShadowAndAct
From director Dawn Porter (Gideon’s Army) comes yet another intriguing documentary - this one delectably-titled Spies Of Mississippi, which is scheduled to screen at the New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (Adiff), which November 29 to December 15, 2013, in a New York Premiere. The film is based on a book by author Rick Bowers, titled, Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement. It tells the compelling story of how State spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi...
- 11/6/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Women In Film Foundation’s (Wiff) Film Finishing Fund co-chairs Betsy Pollock and Nancy Rae Stone have announced the recipients of the 28th annual Film Finishing Fund grant programme.
The Wiff received more than 113 narrative features, documentaries and shorts around the world. The 2013 Wiff Film Finishing Fund winners are:
Narrative Feature Films – Dukhtar by Afia Nathaniel and The Factory Girl by Mohamed Samir.
Documentary Films – Ladonna Harris: Indian 101 by Julianna Brannum; The Last One by Nadine Licostie; Mia, A Dancer’s Odyssey by Maria Ramas and Kate Johnson; and Spies Of Mississippi by Dawn Porter.
Narrative Short Film – The Bravest, The Boldest by Pelin Uzay.
“There was a real diversity of subjects explored in this year’s entries,” said Pollock and Stone in a joint statement. “The global status of women and the rights of minorities are consistent themes, but this year we saw many more topics as well.”
The Film Finishing...
The Wiff received more than 113 narrative features, documentaries and shorts around the world. The 2013 Wiff Film Finishing Fund winners are:
Narrative Feature Films – Dukhtar by Afia Nathaniel and The Factory Girl by Mohamed Samir.
Documentary Films – Ladonna Harris: Indian 101 by Julianna Brannum; The Last One by Nadine Licostie; Mia, A Dancer’s Odyssey by Maria Ramas and Kate Johnson; and Spies Of Mississippi by Dawn Porter.
Narrative Short Film – The Bravest, The Boldest by Pelin Uzay.
“There was a real diversity of subjects explored in this year’s entries,” said Pollock and Stone in a joint statement. “The global status of women and the rights of minorities are consistent themes, but this year we saw many more topics as well.”
The Film Finishing...
- 8/27/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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