February 27, 2012
At the Academy Awards show last night, Undefeated took the 2012 Oscar for best documentary feature. The film (not to be confused with Sarah Palin’s similarly titled documentary) focuses on an underdog football team that looks to reverse their fortunes with Bill Courtney, a lumber salesman who becomes a volunteer football coach.
“Undefeated” is not currently available for the library to purchase because it is not on DVD yet. However, the film is playing at the local True / False Film Fest next weekend, so catch it there if you can. The film also has a local angle, as it was co-directed by MU grad Dan Lindsay. Radio station KBIA put up part one of an interview with Lindsay last week, with part two to follow this Friday.
We have a couple of the 2012 Oscar nominees available in our catalog:
Keep in mind that we’re showing If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front on April 25 as part of Center Aisle Cinema. Ragtag Cinema is also going to be showing the documentary Pina starting March 9. You can also catch Ragtag’s Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts and Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts this week as well.
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January 16, 2012
The documentary The Interrupters received the top honor in nonfiction feature filmmaking at the Cinema Eye Honors awards show held in New York last Wednesday. The Cinema Eye Honors, now in their fifth year, recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film. Like last year, local artist Ben Chlapek did various illustrations to represent each nominated movie.
Here’s a list of all the awards that were given, along with links to the items that we currently own in our library catalog: (more…)
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February 28, 2011
At last night’s Academy Awards show, Inside Job took the 2011 Oscar for best documentary feature. Director Charles Ferguson was nominated for an Oscar once before for his 2007 documentary No End in Sight. Inside Job is currently on order in our library catalog.
Most of the 2011 Oscar nominees are also available in our catalog:
If you’re interested in seeing more Oscar related films, the Ragtag has a series of special Oscar Nominee showings including Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated and Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live-Action. (Unfortunately the Oscar Nominated Shorts: Documentary already ran last Saturday.)
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January 19, 2011
The documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop received the top honor in nonfiction feature filmmaking last night at the Cinema Eye Honors awards show held in New York. The Cinema Eye Honors, now in their fourth year, recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film. The taped awards show will air on the Documentary Channel January 30th.
The awards had local tie this year as Columbia artist Ben Chlapek did various illustrations to represent each nominated movie. You can check out his illustrations on the Cinema Eye Honors website or on Chlapek’s website.
Here’s a list of all the awards that were given, along with links to the items that we currently own in our library catalog: (more…)
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