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A Film by Chris Hegedus and D a Pennebaker
a film by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker 84 minutes, 2010 National Media Contact Julia Pacetti JMP Verdant Communications [email protected] (917) 584-7846 FIRST RUN FEATURES The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave. #1213 New York, NY 10036 (212) 243-0600 Fax (212) 989-7649 Website: www.firstrunfeatures.com Email: [email protected] PRAISE FOR KINGS OF PASTRY “The film builds in interest and intrigue as it goes along…You’ll be surprised by how devastating the collapse of a chocolate tower can be.” –Mike Hale, The New York Times Critic’s Pick! “Alluring, irresistible…Everything these men make…looks so mouth-watering that no one should dare watch this film on even a half-empty stomach.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “As the helmers observe the mental, physical and emotional toll the competition exacts on the contestants and their families, the film becomes gripping, even for non-foodies…As their calm camera glides over the chefs' almost-too-beautiful-to-eat creations, viewers share their awe.” – Alissa Simon, Variety “How sweet it is!...Call it the ultimate sugar high.” – VA Musetto, The New York Post “Gripping” – Jay Weston, The Huffington Post “Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker turn to the highest levels of professional cooking in Kings of Pastry,” a short work whose drama plays like a higher-stakes version of popular cuisine-oriented reality TV shows.” – John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter “A delectable new documentary…spellbinding demonstrations of pastry-making brilliance, high drama and even light moments of humor.” – Monica Eng, The Chicago Tribune “More substantial than any TV food show…the antidote to Gordon Ramsay.” – Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader “This doc is a demonstration that the basics, when done by masters, can be very tasty.” - Hank Sartin, Time Out Chicago “Chris Hegedus and D.A. -
2017 Highlights
EIGHTH ANNUAL EDITION November 9-16, 2017 “DOC NYC has quickly become one of the city’s grandest film events.” Spans downtown Hailed as Manhattan from “ambitious” IFC Center to 250+ SVA Theatre and films & events “selective but Cinepolis Chelsea eclectic” ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Thom Powers programs for the Toronto Raphaela Neihausen & Powers run the weekly International Film Festival and hosts the series Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center and podcast Pure Nonfiction. host WNYC’s “Documentary of the Week.” DOC NYC has welcomed over 50 sponsors through the years, most of which have returned for 3+ years. ACSIL Discovery Image Nation Abu Dhabi Participant Media Technicolor-Postworks NY Brooklyn Roasting Co. Docurama Impact Partners Peru Ministry of Tribeca Grand Hotel Tourism & Culture Chicago Media Project Essentia Water IndieWire VH1 & Logo Documentary Posteritati Films Chicken & Egg Pictures Goose Island JustFilms/Ford Foundation RADiUS Vulcan Cowan DeBaets Half Pops Abrahams & Sheppard Kickstarter The Screening Room Wheelhouse Creative Heineken CNN Films MTV Stoli The World Channel International City of New York Documentary Association NBCUniversal Archives SundanceNow The Yard Mayor’s Office for Doc Club Media & Entertainment Illy New York Magazine ZICO SVA Owl’s Brew DOCNYC.NET DOCNYCFEST Voted by Movie Maker Magazine as one of the top 5 coolest documentary film festivals in the world! DOC NYC 2016 FEATURED: 12k 200+ likes on Facebook 60k special guests visits DOCNYC.net 125k 92 reached by e-mail Largest premieres Documentary -
The Origins and Impact of Environmental Conflict Ideas
STRATEGIC SCARCITY: THE ORIGINS AND IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IDEAS Elizabeth Hartmann Development Studies Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Submitted for the degree of PhD 2002 1 UMI Number: U615457 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI U615457 Published by ProQuest LLC 2014. Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 rM£ S£S F 20 ABSTRACT Strategic Scarcity: The Origins and Impact of Environmental Conflict Ideas Elizabeth Hartmann This thesis examines the origins and impact of environmental conflict ideas. It focuses on the work of Canadian political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon, whose model of environmental conflict achieved considerable prominence in U.S. foreign policy circles in the 1990s. The thesis argues that this success was due in part to widely shared neo-Malthusian assumptions about the Third World, and to the support of private foundations and policymakers with a strategic interest in promoting these views. It analyzes how population control became an important feature of American foreign policy and environmentalism in the post-World War Two period. It then describes the role of the "degradation narrative" — the belief that population pressures and poverty precipitate environmental degradation, migration, and violent conflict — in the development of the environment and security field. -
1997 Sundance Film Festival Awards Jurors
1997 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL The 1997 Sundance Film Festival continued to attract crowds, international attention and an appreciative group of alumni fi lmmakers. Many of the Premiere fi lmmakers were returning directors (Errol Morris, Tom DiCillo, Victor Nunez, Gregg Araki, Kevin Smith), whose earlier, sometimes unknown, work had received a warm reception at Sundance. The Piper-Heidsieck tribute to independent vision went to actor/director Tim Robbins, and a major retrospective of the works of German New-Wave giant Rainer Werner Fassbinder was staged, with many of his original actors fl own in for forums. It was a fi tting tribute to both Fassbinder and the Festival and the ways that American independent cinema was indeed becoming international. AWARDS GRAND JURY PRIZE JURY PRIZE IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA Documentary—GIRLS LIKE US, directed by Jane C. Wagner and LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY (O SERTÃO DAS MEMÓRIAS), directed by José Araújo Tina DiFeliciantonio SPECIAL JURY AWARD IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA Dramatic—SUNDAY, directed by Jonathan Nossiter DEEP CRIMSON, directed by Arturo Ripstein AUDIENCE AWARD JURY PRIZE IN SHORT FILMMAKING Documentary—Paul Monette: THE BRINK OF SUMMER’S END, directed by MAN ABOUT TOWN, directed by Kris Isacsson Monte Bramer Dramatic—HURRICANE, directed by Morgan J. Freeman; and LOVE JONES, HONORABLE MENTIONS IN SHORT FILMMAKING directed by Theodore Witcher (shared) BIRDHOUSE, directed by Richard C. Zimmerman; and SYPHON-GUN, directed by KC Amos FILMMAKERS TROPHY Documentary—LICENSED TO KILL, directed by Arthur Dong Dramatic—IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, directed by Neil LaBute DIRECTING AWARD Documentary—ARTHUR DONG, director of Licensed To Kill Dramatic—MORGAN J. -
The Rise of Talk Radio and Its Impact on Politics and Public Policy
Mount Rushmore: The Rise of Talk Radio and Its Impact on Politics and Public Policy Brian Asher Rosenwald Wynnewood, PA Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 2009 Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 2006 A Dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of History University of Virginia August, 2015 !1 © Copyright 2015 by Brian Asher Rosenwald All Rights Reserved August 2015 !2 Acknowledgements I am deeply indebted to the many people without whom this project would not have been possible. First, a huge thank you to the more than two hundred and twenty five people from the radio and political worlds who graciously took time from their busy schedules to answer my questions. Some of them put up with repeated follow ups and nagging emails as I tried to develop an understanding of the business and its political implications. They allowed me to keep most things on the record, and provided me with an understanding that simply would not have been possible without their participation. When I began this project, I never imagined that I would interview anywhere near this many people, but now, almost five years later, I cannot imagine the project without the information gleaned from these invaluable interviews. I have been fortunate enough to receive fellowships from the Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania and the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, which made it far easier to complete this dissertation. I am grateful to be a part of the Fox family, both because of the great work that the program does, but also because of the terrific people who work at Fox. -
Exploring Films About Ethical Leadership: Can Lessons Be Learned?
EXPLORING FILMS ABOUT ETHICAL LEADERSHIP: CAN LESSONS BE LEARNED? By Richard J. Stillman II University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Public Administration and Management Volume Eleven, Number 3, pp. 103-305 2006 104 DEDICATED TO THOSE ETHICAL LEADERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE 9/11 TERROIST ATTACKS — MAY THEIR HEORISM BE REMEMBERED 105 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 106 Advancing Our Understanding of Ethical Leadership through Films 108 Notes on Selecting Films about Ethical Leadership 142 Index by Subject 301 106 PREFACE In his preface to James M cG regor B urns‘ Pulitzer–prizewinning book, Leadership (1978), the author w rote that ―… an im m ense reservoir of data and analysis and theories have developed,‖ but ―w e have no school of leadership.‖ R ather, ―… scholars have worked in separate disciplines and sub-disciplines in pursuit of different and often related questions and problem s.‖ (p.3) B urns argued that the tim e w as ripe to draw together this vast accumulation of research and analysis from humanities and social sciences in order to arrive at a conceptual synthesis, even an intellectual breakthrough for understanding of this critically important subject. Of course, that was the aim of his magisterial scholarly work, and while unquestionably impressive, his tome turned out to be by no means the last word on the topic. Indeed over the intervening quarter century, quite to the contrary, we witnessed a continuously increasing outpouring of specialized political science, historical, philosophical, psychological, and other disciplinary studies with clearly ―no school of leadership‖with a single unifying theory emerging. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald the Stand
Fiction Songs The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald “Change is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke The Stand - Stephen King “Oh Holy Night” – Adolph Adam Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe “Come as You Are” – Nirvana Brave New World – Aldous Huxley “Paper Tiger” – Beck The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns N Roses Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell “Amazing Grace” – John Newton Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck “Father and Son” – Cat Stevens The Road – Cormac McCarthy “Go or Go Ahead” – Rufus Wainright The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold “And Justice For All” – Metallica The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand “In My Life” – The Beetles Non-fiction Movies A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola My Life in Art – Konstantin Stanislavsky Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil It’s a Wonderful Life – Frank Capra The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell Being John Malkovich – Spike Jonze Bossypants – Tina Fey Life is Beautiful – Roberto Benigni Revelation – John (The One Who Jesus Loved) Gone With the Wind – Victor Fleming The Supernatural Worldview – Cris Putnam Lost in Translation – Sophia Coppola Relativity – Albert Einstein Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – In Cold Blood – Truman Capote Michel Gondry Exodus – Moses The Sting – George Roy Hill The Little Princess – Walter Lang Children’s Books Documentaries The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein Grey Gardens – Ellen Hoyde, Albert Maysles The Chronicles of Narnia series– C.S. Lewis The Imposter – Bart Layton Every Amelia Bedelia – Peggy/Herman Parish Hoop Dreams – Steve James Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White Fahrenheit 911 – Michael Moore The Cat in the Hat – Dr. -
Doc Nyc Visionaries Tribute to Honor Wim Wenders, Orlando Bagwell, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, and Tabitha Jacks
DOC NYC VISIONARIES TRIBUTE TO HONOR WIM WENDERS, ORLANDO BAGWELL, ELIZABETH CHAI VASARHELYI & JIMMY CHIN, AND TABITHA JACKSON ON NOVEMBER 8 NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2018 – DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, running November 8-15, announced the honorees for the fifth annual Visionaries Tribute, taking place on November 8, 2018 at Manhattan’s Edison Ballroom. Veteran filmmakers Wim Wenders and Orlando Bagwell will receive Lifetime Achievement recognition. TheRobert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence will go to Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Meru, Free Solo) and the Leading Light Award will go toTabitha Jackson, Director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. The festival announced Netflix as its Leadership Sponsor supporting the Visionaries Tribute. The NEON Shorts Award will debut at this year’s Visionaries event. The team at NEON will select one short from the DOC NYC lineup to honor with the opportunity for theatrical distribution. The winner will be announced on November 8. “The Visionaries Tribute is known to gather an astonishing array of documentary talent,” said DOC NYC’s Artistic Director Thom Powers. “For our fifth year, we’re dedicated to making it the best version ever.” LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals with a substantial body of film work. Past recipients are Sheila Nevins, Errol Morris, Stanley Nelson, Jonathan Demme, Barbara Kopple, Jon Alpert, Frederick Wiseman, D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus and Albert Maysles. The 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award goes to: Wim Wenders has directed the Oscar-nominated documentaries The Salt of the Earth, Pina and Buena Vista Social Club, along with nonfiction titles such as The Blues and Room 666 and celebrated fiction films such as Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire. -
THE PHILOSOPHY of STEVEN SODERBERGH the Philosophy of Popular Culture
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STEVEN SODERBERGH The Philosophy of Popular Culture Th e books published in the Philosophy of Popular Culture series will illuminate and explore philosophical themes and ideas that occur in popular culture. Th e goal of this series is to demonstrate how philosophical inquiry has been reinvigorated by increased scholarly interest in the intersection of popular culture and philosophy, as well as to explore through philosophical analysis beloved modes of entertainment, such as movies, TV shows, and music. Philosophical concepts will be made accessible to the general reader through examples in popular culture. Th is series seeks to publish both established and emerging scholars who will engage a major area of popular culture for philosophical interpretation and examine the philosophical underpinnings of its themes. Eschewing ephemeral trends of philosophical and cultural theory, authors will establish and elaborate on connections between traditional philosophical ideas from important thinkers and the ever-expanding world of popular culture. Series Editor Mark T. Conard, Marymount Manhattan College, NY Books in the Series Th e Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick, edited by Jerold J. Abrams Football and Philosophy, edited by Michael W. Austin Tennis and Philosophy, edited by David Baggett Th e Philosophy of the Coen Brothers, edited by Mark T. Conard Th e Philosophy of Film Noir, edited by Mark T. Conard Th e Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, edited by Mark T. Conard Th e Philosophy of Neo-Noir, edited by Mark T. Conard Th e Philosophy of Horror, edited by Th omas Fahy Th e Philosophy of Th e X-Files, edited by Dean A. -
Ratti AP Lang Summer Assignments 2020-2021
Ratti AP Lang Summer Assignments 2020-2021 May 1, 2020 Dear Future Student, Hello, and welcome! I’m so excited that you have chosen to take one of the most stimulating and rewarding classes offered at MCHS. As I’m sure you know, it’s going to be a challenge, but I’ll be with you every step of the way. When we challenge ourselves, we grow. AP Language and Composition is going to help you grow as a reader and a writer, and, I suspect, even as a person. I can say that teaching this class has been a joy as well as a tremendous growth opportunity for me. We are in it together. The summer of 2020 looks like it is going to be challenging, but I have provided these assignments in hopes that you will be able to continue your education in enjoyable and productive ways while you are stuck at home. I have made an effort to include resources and suggestions so that students at all levels of income and technology access can complete the assignments successfully. If you have any difficulty or concern, please contact me as soon as possible. You may reach me by email, Remind, by posting on Teams, or by calling the school at (423) 745-4142. I will make every effort to make sure any student who wants to participate is able to. The biggest part of your work for me will be the Knowledge Builders assignment, a fact-gathering, critical thinking challenge to broaden your knowledge of the world around you. -
Truth, Lies, and Videotape: Documentary Film and Issues of Morality U2 Linc Course: Interdisciplinary Studies 290 Fall 2007, T/TH 12:45-3:15
Truth, Lies, and Videotape: Documentary Film and Issues of Morality U2 LinC Course: Interdisciplinary Studies 290 Fall 2007, T/TH 12:45-3:15 Instructor: Krista (Steinke) Finch Office: Art Office/ studio room 103 Office Hours: M, T, TH, W 11:30-12:30 or by appointment Phone: 861-1675 (art office) Email: [email protected] ***Please note that email is the best way to communicate with me COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will explore issues of morality in documentary film as well provide a conceptual overview of the forms, strategies, structures and conventions of documentary film practice. Filmmaking is a universal language which has proven to be a powerful tool of communication for fostering understanding and change. For this course, students will study the history and theory of the documentary film and its relationship to topics and arguments about the social world. Students will be introduced to theoretical frameworks in ethics and media theory as a means to interpret and reflect upon issues presented in documentary film. Weekly screenings and readings will set the focus for debate and discussion on these specific issues. Students will also work in small groups to create short documentary films on particular subject of their own concern. Through hands on experience, students will learn the basics in planning, producing, and editing a documentary film while gaining an in depth insight into a particular issue through extensive research and exploration. The semester will culminate with a public presentation of the documentary films created during the course at the 2006 Student Film Festival in late April. GOALS: Students will: • understand the history of documentary film and be able to critically address media related arts in relationship to societal issues. -
Tanner ’88, K-Street, and the Fictionalization of News
Rethinking the Informed Citizen in an Age of Hybrid Media Genres: Tanner ’88, K-Street, and the Fictionalization of News By Robert J. Bain Jr. B.A. Biology B.A. Philosophy Binghamton University, 2000. Submitted to the Program in Comparative Media Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 2004 © 2004 Robert J. Bain Jr. All rights reserved The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part. Signature of Author………………………………………………………………………… Program in Comparative Media Studies May 17, 2004 Certified by………………………………………………………………………………… Henry Jenkins III Director, Program in Comparative Media Studies Thesis Supervisor Accepted by ……………………………………………………………………………….. Henry Jenkins III Director, Program in Comparative Media Studies 1 PAGE TWO IS BLANK 2 Rethinking the Informed Citizen in an Age of Hybrid Media Genres: Tanner ’88, K-Street, and the Fictionalization of News By Robert J. Bain Jr. Submitted to the Program in Comparative Media Studies on May 17, 2004 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies ABSTRACT A close reading of two television shows, K-Street and Tanner ’88, was performed to examine how one might become informed about real-life political news by viewing entertainment programs that combine fiction with actual current political events, issues, and figures. In his book The Good Citizen, Michael Schudson claims that mere factual recall does not necessarily indicate that one is “informed”, but rather an “informed citizen” is one who actively reads the “information environment”.