ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

Here's the MySpace page for the new doc We Saw Such Things . When I see some clips & or other significant links for the doc, will post 'em up. In the meantime, a description of the doc from this year's Sarasota Film Fest site : " We Saw Such Things A visit to Weeki Wachee in 2007 proves that the mermaid theme park is still working its old Florida magic." - Sujewa

Oscar Micheaux has more claim to the title of being the Godfather of American Indie Film than John Cassavetes - in my opinion - since Micheaux had no choice but to work outside of Hollywood in both production & distribution, due to the racism & segregation of his time, & even with those significant limitations he built a decades spanning career (1919 - 1948)/created at least 33 films . Here's an interview about Micheaux at AmericanHeritage .com, with Patrick McGilligan - author of Oscar Micheaux : The Great & Only - The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker . From the interview: " Do enough of Micheaux ’s films survive to give us an accurate sense of his ability as a director? Is there anyone in mainstream Hollywood you might compare him to? Only about one third of Micheaux ’s nearly four dozen films survive, and those that do survive exist in truncated form, largely because Micheaux could not afford to manufacture numerous prints of his films, and

2 do item #400whatever is done - there is now a donate button (look above this post, or scroll to the very top of the blog, if you haven't seen it already) at the blog; so if ya dig the stuff here, go click on the donate button, sign on to your PayPal account & send some support this way. More $s = more blogging. Thanksalot. - Sujewa

DOCUCLUB “IN-THE-WORKS” AT SILVERDOCS - CALL FOR ENTRIES DocuClub is pleased to announce its participation in the 2008 SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival with an “In-the-Works” program. The deadline for submissions is APRIL 18, 2008. SILVERDOCS takes place June 16-23, just outside Washington DC. For more information about the Festival, go to: http://www.silverdocs.com/ DocuClub is currently accepting submissions for an “In-the-Works” program at SILVERDOCS. The “In-the-Works” program offers filmmakers a safe environment to screen a rough-cut of their documentaries before an audience of their peers and lovers of the form. The audience is encouraged to give constructive feedback about the structure, content, characters and clarity of the film in a post-screening discussion facilitated by an experienced filmmaker. Past films that have screened “In-the-Works” include BORN INTO BROTHELS, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and THE BOYS OF BARAKA, which won an Audience Award

Says Anthony Kaufman , check it out, a good read . Art, indie/real indie, foreign movies getting more theater screens would certainly be a good thing; even watching a relatively quiet & low-key indie such as Medicine for Melancholy would be far more enjoyable on a big movie theater screen than on my TV - in my opinion. - Sujewa

Yeah, this movie might suck, but I am gonna check it out, mostly 'cause it's got mammoths & saber tooth tigers:

Even though I am not a regular reader of the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard , this long article - " I and My Brother Against My Cousin ", about the book Culture and Conflict in the Middle East by Philip Carl Salzman, was interesting. It offers a view point on a few things related to the War on Terror & the ongoing conflict between Islam and the west. Certainly the Standard article is not the final word on this matter, much more research & thought is necessary - but in my rough ideas re: what I think my question is contains the following - in this world we have several very effective nations with centralized governments, law & order nation wide, & individual rights. We also have many nations with a government in name, but without law & order nationwide or prosperity or access to prosperity for many individuals and without individual rights (rights may exist on paper, but not in practice) or means with which to defend such (fair courts, etc

Another article from Switched , read it here . - Sujewa

A video from Switched:

Check out the article at the Raindance site . - Sujewa