>More suggestions for interesting, very recent documentary work: > >I just saw "Carmen Miranda - Bananas Is My Business" at the Chicago >International Film Festival -- it's an intriguing new doc by Brazilian >filmmakers Helena Solberg that looks at Carmen Miranda's success in the US >in the 40's as not only a cultural but a political phenomenon. You could >probably call the festival to find out who distributes it. > >"Leona's Sister Gerri" by Jane Gillooly very movingly tells the personal >story behind the police photo of an anonymous woman who had died from a >botched abortion. It's available through New Day Films. > >"Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media" by Mark Achbar and >Peter Wintonick is a terrif doc. that focuses on Chomsky's analysis of mass >media. It is stylistically quite innovative and doesn't rely on the typical >"talking heads" format that so many docs seem to do. I think you can get >it from Zeitgeist in New York. > >A documentary that I was involved in a bit and that I can recommend highly is: >"When Billy Broke His Head... And Other Tales of Wonder" by disabled >journalist Billy Golfus and Chicago producer David Simpson. It's an >irreverent "road movie" of sorts about disability issues and civil rights >-- aside from its message, I also think that it tells its story with a >great sense of humor! (it won a prize at Sundance this year and was aired >on PBS in May.) You can get it through Fanlight Productions (800) >937-4113. > > >Ines Sommer >School of the Art Inst./Chicago > >---- >To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L >in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > Many thanks, Ines; I'll save this list and use it. Incidentally, today I showed the Bill T. Jones film re: Dinner At Uncle Tom's Cabin and Promised Land. It's a stunning film pertaining to both personal and artistic freedom. I loved it, so did my class. It engendered an exciting hour-long discussion. RWB> ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]