DOCUTAH: 153 films presented from Sept. 16-25, 2010 in Southern Utah!
Press release
Tickets on sale now for DOCUTAH
Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival
153 films from all over the globe will be featured at the inaugural DOCUTAH Film Festival September 16-25 in Southern Utah.
Twenty-four of those films have been selected for the features competition including “Milking the Rhino,” which will be making its Utah premiere, and “Beijing Punk,” a film about what happens when 1.3 billion Chinese discover punk and an exploration of the hidden world of rebels and misfits a scratch under the surface of conformist China during the year of the Olympics.
Plus other exciting features and shorts, including student films, from all over the globe will be shown at indoor and outdoor venues.
Download the full film synopsis and schedule.
In addition to film screenings the nine days of DOCUTAH will also include seminars, gala events, and concerts. Check out www.docutah.com for more information and to purchase tickets.
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Tickets on sale now for DOCUTAH
Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival
153 films from all over the globe will be featured at the inaugural DOCUTAH Film Festival September 16-25 in Southern Utah.
Twenty-four of those films have been selected for the features competition including “Milking the Rhino,” which will be making its Utah premiere, and “Beijing Punk,” a film about what happens when 1.3 billion Chinese discover punk and an exploration of the hidden world of rebels and misfits a scratch under the surface of conformist China during the year of the Olympics.
Plus other exciting features and shorts, including student films, from all over the globe will be shown at indoor and outdoor venues.
Download the full film synopsis and schedule.
In addition to film screenings the nine days of DOCUTAH will also include seminars, gala events, and concerts. Check out www.docutah.com for more information and to purchase tickets.
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Press release - Docu's on DVD distrib
End of Summer Docu Sale
featuring twelve outstanding documentaries, all 40-50% off
ANGRY MONK
Angry Monk tells the story of Gendun Choephel, a pioneering and visionary intellectual, who is revered in his homeland today as a symbol of hope for those seeking political and spiritual reform in a free Tibet.
OUR HOUSE
Our House is a groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents. Traveling around the country, director Meema Spadola profiles the children of five diverse gay and lesbian families.
EXCELLENT CADAVERS
This documentary about the Mafia focuses on the Cosa Nostra as a powerful amoral corporate entity, and on two brave prosecutors who battled them in the courts for years before both were assassinated.
BREASTS: A Documentary
Twenty-two women – most topless, all candid – reveal how their breasts have shaped their lives, from puberty to sex to motherhood and beyond. Interspersed throughout are precious archival gems.
PRIVATE DICKS: Men Exposed
Men spend a lot of time thinking about their penises, and even thinking with their penises. But rarely do we hear men talking honestly about their penises - until now.
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
This Academy Award nominated film follows James Nachtwey, a committed, shy man, who is considered one of the bravest and most important war photographers of our time.
THE TAKE
Filmmakers Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein take viewers inside the lives of unemployed workers in Buenos Aires, who must fight for jobs and their dignity by confronting factory owners, politicians and judges.
LA SIERRA
This award-winning film is the story of three inhabitants of La Sierra, a barrio in Medellin, Colombia, the cocaine capital of the world. Here, lives are defined by drugs, guns and violence.
THE INTERNATIONALE
The Internationale tells the story of a legendary song that has been a rallying cry of the oppressed and exploited in nearly every nation on earth, and explores the power of music as a force for change.
PROTEUS
Twenty years in the making, Proteus weaves a tapestry of poetry and myth, biology and oceanography, scientific history and spiritual biography around the story of biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel.
FACING DEATH: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross devoted her life to death and dying, and this remarkably intimate film was made as she awaited her own death - on the verge of the transition she researched so passionately.
THE BIBLE UNEARTHED
The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history? This investigation into the origins of the Bible visits archaeological digs in Egypt, Jordan and Israel – including Megiddo, the cradle of biblical archaeology.
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End of Summer Docu Sale
featuring twelve outstanding documentaries, all 40-50% off
ANGRY MONK
Angry Monk tells the story of Gendun Choephel, a pioneering and visionary intellectual, who is revered in his homeland today as a symbol of hope for those seeking political and spiritual reform in a free Tibet.
OUR HOUSE
Our House is a groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents. Traveling around the country, director Meema Spadola profiles the children of five diverse gay and lesbian families.
EXCELLENT CADAVERS
This documentary about the Mafia focuses on the Cosa Nostra as a powerful amoral corporate entity, and on two brave prosecutors who battled them in the courts for years before both were assassinated.
BREASTS: A Documentary
Twenty-two women – most topless, all candid – reveal how their breasts have shaped their lives, from puberty to sex to motherhood and beyond. Interspersed throughout are precious archival gems.
PRIVATE DICKS: Men Exposed
Men spend a lot of time thinking about their penises, and even thinking with their penises. But rarely do we hear men talking honestly about their penises - until now.
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
This Academy Award nominated film follows James Nachtwey, a committed, shy man, who is considered one of the bravest and most important war photographers of our time.
THE TAKE
Filmmakers Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein take viewers inside the lives of unemployed workers in Buenos Aires, who must fight for jobs and their dignity by confronting factory owners, politicians and judges.
LA SIERRA
This award-winning film is the story of three inhabitants of La Sierra, a barrio in Medellin, Colombia, the cocaine capital of the world. Here, lives are defined by drugs, guns and violence.
THE INTERNATIONALE
The Internationale tells the story of a legendary song that has been a rallying cry of the oppressed and exploited in nearly every nation on earth, and explores the power of music as a force for change.
PROTEUS
Twenty years in the making, Proteus weaves a tapestry of poetry and myth, biology and oceanography, scientific history and spiritual biography around the story of biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel.
FACING DEATH: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross devoted her life to death and dying, and this remarkably intimate film was made as she awaited her own death - on the verge of the transition she researched so passionately.
THE BIBLE UNEARTHED
The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history? This investigation into the origins of the Bible visits archaeological digs in Egypt, Jordan and Israel – including Megiddo, the cradle of biblical archaeology.
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Boxoffice of the ‘00s: Top Grossing Documentaries
Top Grossing Documentaries of the 2000-2009
(courtesy of INDIEwire.com)
1. Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2004 | $119,194,771
2. March of the Penguins | 2005 | $77,437,223
3. Sicko | 2006 | $24,540,079
4. An Inconvenient Truth | 2006 | $24,146,161
5. Bowling For Columbine | 2002 | $21,576,018
6. Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | $14,093,834*
7. Religulous | 2008 | $13,011,160
8. Winged Migration | 2003 | $11,689,053
9. Super Size Me | 2004 | $11,536,423
10. Mad Hot Ballroom | 2005 | $8,117,961
11. The Aristocrats | 2005 | $6,377,461
12. Spellbound | 2003 | $5,728,581
13. Shine a Light | 2008 | $5,505,267
14. Touching the Void | 2004 | $4,593,598
15. Food, Inc. | 2009 | $4,411,489
16. The Fog of War | 2003 | $4,198,566
17. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | 2005 | $4,071,700
18. Young@Heart | 2008 | $3,992,189
19. Good Hair | 2009 | $3,826,821*
20. Step into Liquid | 2003 | $3,681,803
21. The September Issue | 2009 | $3,670,036*
22. Born into Brothels | 2004 | $3,515,061
23. The Corporation | 2004 | $3,493,516
24. Rise | 2005 | $3,336,391
25. Grizzly Man | 2005 | $3,178,403
26. Wordplay | 2006 | $3,121,270
27. Capturing The Friedmans | 2003 | $3,119,113
28. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | 2005 | $3,058,527
29. Man on Wire | 2008 | $2,962,242
30. Comedian | 2002 | $2,751,988
*-still tracking
(courtesy of INDIEwire.com)
1. Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2004 | $119,194,771
2. March of the Penguins | 2005 | $77,437,223
3. Sicko | 2006 | $24,540,079
4. An Inconvenient Truth | 2006 | $24,146,161
5. Bowling For Columbine | 2002 | $21,576,018
6. Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | $14,093,834*
7. Religulous | 2008 | $13,011,160
8. Winged Migration | 2003 | $11,689,053
9. Super Size Me | 2004 | $11,536,423
10. Mad Hot Ballroom | 2005 | $8,117,961
11. The Aristocrats | 2005 | $6,377,461
12. Spellbound | 2003 | $5,728,581
13. Shine a Light | 2008 | $5,505,267
14. Touching the Void | 2004 | $4,593,598
15. Food, Inc. | 2009 | $4,411,489
16. The Fog of War | 2003 | $4,198,566
17. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | 2005 | $4,071,700
18. Young@Heart | 2008 | $3,992,189
19. Good Hair | 2009 | $3,826,821*
20. Step into Liquid | 2003 | $3,681,803
21. The September Issue | 2009 | $3,670,036*
22. Born into Brothels | 2004 | $3,515,061
23. The Corporation | 2004 | $3,493,516
24. Rise | 2005 | $3,336,391
25. Grizzly Man | 2005 | $3,178,403
26. Wordplay | 2006 | $3,121,270
27. Capturing The Friedmans | 2003 | $3,119,113
28. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | 2005 | $3,058,527
29. Man on Wire | 2008 | $2,962,242
30. Comedian | 2002 | $2,751,988
*-still tracking
Documentary FEVER - catch it!
ARCHIVES WORK-IN-PROGRESS
UPDATE - 2004 (**Titles on DVD)
Arna's Children [(2003)documentary-Israel-Netherlands/Thinkfilm]
Bowling for Columbine [(2001)USA]
Bright Leaves"
"Broadway: the Golden Age" [... by the Legends Who Were There/(2004)USA] - IMDB rating: ???
"Buchowski: Born into this"
"Control Room"
"The Corporation"
Katy Chevigny's & Kirsten Johnston's "Deadline" [(2004)USA] - IMDB rating: ???
Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" [(2004)USA/Rated R (Language/War violence)]
The Five Obstructions [(2003) Denmark-Switzerland-Belgium-France]
DiG! [(2004)USA/Palm Pictures]
"End of the Century: The Ramones Story"
Fade to Black [(2004)Concert-docu-USA/Paramount Classics]
Farmingville [(2004)documentary-USA] - IMDB rating: ??? "
Festival Express"
HIJACKING CATASTROPHE: 9/11, Fear, & the Selling of American Empire
"Howard Zinn: You can't be neutral on a Moving Train"
"Metallica: Some Kind of Monster"
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue [(2004)Concert-docu/USA]
"My Architect"
"ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE"
Paper Clips [(2004)documentary-USA/Miramax/Rated G]
Persons of Interest [(2004)USA/The Documentary Campaign]
Promises [(2001)documentary-USA] - IMDB rating: ???
Ramones Raw [(2004)USA]
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time [(2001)Germany]
Rockets Redglare! [(2003)USA]
"S21: The Khymer Rouge Death Machine"
"Saints & Sinners"
Super Size Me [(2004)USA/Rated PG-13]
Tarnation [(2004)documentary-USA/Wellspring]
Abbas Kiarostami's "Ten" [(2002)documentary-France-Iran-US] - IMDB rating: ???
To Be and to Have [Être et avoir/(2002)docu-France] - IMDB rating: ???
Tying the Knot [(2004)USA/Roadside Attractions]
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=301678&page=2
(INDIE)"Mean Creek"
(INDIE)""Open Water"
ARCHIVES WORK-IN-PROGRESS
UPDATE - 2004 (**Titles on DVD)
Arna's Children [(2003)documentary-Israel-Netherlands/Thinkfilm]
Bowling for Columbine [(2001)USA]
Bright Leaves"
"Broadway: the Golden Age" [... by the Legends Who Were There/(2004)USA] - IMDB rating: ???
"Buchowski: Born into this"
"Control Room"
"The Corporation"
Katy Chevigny's & Kirsten Johnston's "Deadline" [(2004)USA] - IMDB rating: ???
Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" [(2004)USA/Rated R (Language/War violence)]
The Five Obstructions [(2003) Denmark-Switzerland-Belgium-France]
DiG! [(2004)USA/Palm Pictures]
"End of the Century: The Ramones Story"
Fade to Black [(2004)Concert-docu-USA/Paramount Classics]
Farmingville [(2004)documentary-USA] - IMDB rating: ??? "
Festival Express"
HIJACKING CATASTROPHE: 9/11, Fear, & the Selling of American Empire
"Howard Zinn: You can't be neutral on a Moving Train"
"Metallica: Some Kind of Monster"
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue [(2004)Concert-docu/USA]
"My Architect"
"ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE"
Paper Clips [(2004)documentary-USA/Miramax/Rated G]
Persons of Interest [(2004)USA/The Documentary Campaign]
Promises [(2001)documentary-USA] - IMDB rating: ???
Ramones Raw [(2004)USA]
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time [(2001)Germany]
Rockets Redglare! [(2003)USA]
"S21: The Khymer Rouge Death Machine"
"Saints & Sinners"
Super Size Me [(2004)USA/Rated PG-13]
Tarnation [(2004)documentary-USA/Wellspring]
Abbas Kiarostami's "Ten" [(2002)documentary-France-Iran-US] - IMDB rating: ???
To Be and to Have [Être et avoir/(2002)docu-France] - IMDB rating: ???
Tying the Knot [(2004)USA/Roadside Attractions]
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=301678&page=2
(INDIE)"Mean Creek"
(INDIE)""Open Water"