WE Channel’s new series, High School Confidential, follows 12 young lady’s through all 4 years of high school. I love this kind of documentary film-making. And to boot, it was created by a 1st time filmmaker - a mother in the community who wanted to REALLY capture the life young coeds go through in high school. With [...]
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WE Channel’s new series: High School Confidential
Posted in From the balcony, tagged documentary, Entertainment, High School Confidential, Media, News, TV, WE Channel on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Posted in From the balcony, tagged documentary, Entertainment, Films, Movies, Politics, Trailer on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morgan Spurlock, writer and director of “Super Size Me”, is back again with his new documentary, “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” This is a ”must-see” documentary for 2008. From what I observed in the trailer, the films equal parts humor and seriousness surrounding a very important topic: Terrorism and its key leader, Osama Bin [...]
Taxi to the Darkside
Posted in From the balcony, tagged academy awards, anti, bush, documentary, film, movie, oscars, reviews on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This docmentary provides ”An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002″ (http://imdb.com/title/tt0854678/). In a world post 9/11, anti-Bush films are all the rage. Three of the four Academy Aware Nominees were anti-war [...]