Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'video'
Proceed and Be Bold: Director Laura Zinger and Subject Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. on Art, Life, and Independent Filmmaking
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is living the dream. After discovering his love of letterpress, Kennedy left his comfortable corporate job and devoted his life to his art. Today the self-described “humble negro printer” lives...
Coming of Age in 1960s London: Interview with An Education's Director Lone Scherfig
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Post-war London is at its most enchanting in director Lone Scherfig’s new film, An Education. Nick Hornby’s clever screenplay, Scherfig’s apt direction and a talented star-studded cast that includes Emma Thompson, Alfred Molina, Peter...
This Way Up: A Meditation on Growing Old Along the Israeli/Palestinian Border
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Growing old in a nursing home is rarely an enviable fate. For the Palestinian Christian residents of the Catholic–run Our Lady of Sorrows nursing home, old age is particularly disheartening. Located in East Jerusalem,...
The Cove: Action, Adventure, and the Race to Save Japan’s Dolphins
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Anyone who thinks that documentaries are boring and stuffy should see The Cove – just to have their preconceived notions shattered. The film is 90 minutes of danger, covert operations, and thrilling feats with...
Afghan Star: Afghanistan’s American Idol
by Jessica Mosby - USA - American Idol in Afghanistan? Seriously? Afghanistan’s first competition/reality show, Afghan Star, is arguably the most popular – and controversial – television program in Afghanistan. Eleven million people, or one-third of the country, tuned in...
Handmade Nation: The Rise of D.I.Y., Art, Craft, and Design
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Handmade Nation: The Rise of D.I.Y., Art, Craft, and Design is about one my favorite things (do it yourself) and profiles some of my favorite artists and crafters (Jill Bliss, Nikki McClure, and Debbie...
The 2009 Academy Awards: Documentary Features in the Race for an Oscar
by Jessica Mosby - USA - On Sunday night, the 81st Academy Awards will air live from Los Angeles. Five documentary films are vying for the coveted Documentary Feature Oscar: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), Encounters at the End of the World,...
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: Liberian Women Bring Peace to their War-Torn Country
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The recent history of Liberia is bloody. Valuable natural resources, corrupt leaders, ethnic conflicts, and thousands of displaced people led to 8 years of conflict during Liberia’s two civil wars (1989-1993 and 1999-2003). Many...
Lemon Tree: The Struggle of One Woman Caught in the Middle of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
by Jessica Mosby - USA - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made nineteen trips to the Middle East in the last two years in hopes of securing a regional peace accord. But as the Bush administration comes...
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
by Jessica Mosby - USA - I vividly remember the 1988 presidential election, or more accurately the months of campaigning that led up to the election. At the time, my family did not have cable television and all that was...
In the Family: Preventing Breast and Ovarian Cancer with Genetic Testing
by Jessica Mosby - USA - If you could know that you were at risk for a terminal illness, would you want to know? And then what would you do next if the news confirmed your worst fears? At the...
Overcoming Bigotry with Beauty: A Man Named Pearl
by Jessica Mosby - USA - A middle-aged African American man climbs a ladder that he has precariously perched next to an enormous tree. His only source of light is his tractor’s small headlight. When he reaches the top of...
Documenting the Surge: US Soldier's Films Expose the Realities of the Iraq Occupation
by Jennifer Fenton - USA - "We have an entire generation of people in their twenties and thirties who have never gone through a war…the media and government have gotten so good at the creation of messages, people don't know...
The Greening of Southie: Two Shades of a "Green" Building
by Jessica Mosby - USA - In the not so distant past, the idea of reducing, reusing, and recycling seemed idealistic, even if it just meant putting a glass bottle in a recycling container instead of the trash. But a...
I.O.U.S.A.: A Surprisingly Entertaining Look at America’s Debt
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Paying upwards of $10 USD to see a movie about economics, particularly in these increasingly desperate financial times, hardly seems like a prudent decision – much less a pleasurable way to spend a Sunday...
A New China Floods the Traditional Way of Life in Up the Yangtze
by Jessica Mosby - USA - On 8-8-08 when the Beijing Summer Olympics begins, the world will see that the Maoist doctrine of the Cultural Revolution has been replaced by capitalism and McDonald’s – all in the name of progress....
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Every Sunday afternoon my college journalism advisor, who everyone lovingly called “Coach,” would meet with the newspaper staff and critique the past week’s articles. As a portly middle-aged man who had won numerous awards...
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
by Jessica Mosby - USA - American slave trading is a human rights atrocity forever associated with the Confederacy of the Southern United States. Northerners are stereotypically portrayed as benevolent abolitionists fighting the South’s slave labor plantations. But history is...
Four Sheets to the Wind: An Insider’s View of One Native American Family
by Jessica Mosby USA The story of a young and adrift guy finding his way in a confusing world has been done – too many times. Though I usually would not go see a film about this sort of fellow,...
King Corn: Changing What We Eat and How We Grow It
by Jessica Mosby USA • Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis become the kings of corn in their new documentary by exploring the factors that have led to America's obesity epidemic. Photograph by Sam Cullman, courtesy of Mosaic Films Incorporated. •Blaming...
Postcards From Tora Bora: Looking for the Afghanistan of Yesterday in the Ruins of Today
by Jessica Mosby USA When you think of Afghanistan, smiling women in shift dresses attending college is not the first image that comes to mind. Decades of violence has devastated the country, leaving little more than bomb craters, crumbling buildings,...
Angels in the Dust: A Glimmer of Hope in HIV/AIDS Epidemic
by Jessica Mosby USA 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa will have been infected with HIV/AIDS by the year 2010. Another 26 million children will be orphaned by the virus. The idea that two ordinary people could affect, much less...
The 11th Hour: Only Governments Can Make the Big Changes Affecting the Environment, But There Are Still Lots of Real-World Solutions for the Average Joe!
by Jessica Mosby USA In an admirable effort to contribute to the dialogue on what to do to save the planet, Leonardo DiCaprio has recently released a documentary film, The 11th Hour, which he produced and narrates. However, if you...
Film Review - The Devil Came on Horseback: A US Marine Is Witness to Slaughter in Darfur
by Jessica Mosby USA • Image courtesy of IFC •The United Nations defines genocide as “acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.” To date, some 200,000 people have...
When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan
by Jessica Mosby USA • Image courtesy of Little Dust Productions •All gypsies are thieves and beggars who will steal your children and your passport! According to Johnny Depp, believers in that statement should drop everything they're doing and run,...
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