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Documentary is an ode to NYC playground basketball

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:21:27 -0400

NEW YORK - Half-moon hoops, double rims, chain-linked fences for out-of-bounds lines and no net that anyone can recall.

Documentary TV series to film in NM

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:34:13 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - A new version of Carl Sagan's 1980 Public Broadcasting Service series "Cosmos" will be filming in Santa Fe through early June.

Review: Clever 'Stories We Tell' explores memory

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:13:16 -0400

"Stories We Tell" is a documentary about Sarah Polley's family: her father and mother, sister and brother and the sister and brother she has from her mother's first marriage. It's about moments they've shared that are seemingly prosaic and universally relatable, depicted through the grainy, faded nostalgia of Super 8 - splashing in the swimming pool, laughing around the dinner table - as well as the betrayals and losses that shaped and strengthened them.

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:44:49 -0400

DETROIT - Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life - one that she doesn't otherwise remember.

Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:49:40 -0400

RADCLIFF, Kentucky - Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash.

Crash survivors prepare for anniversary events

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:52:01 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - They are reaching middle age, in the midst of raising children and building careers. A quarter century has elapsed since an amusement park outing turned into a terrifying night, when they escaped from an old school bus that burst into flames after a drunken driver slammed into it.

Jada Pinkett Smith candid on family, projects

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:28:27 -0400

NEW YORK - Jada Pinkett Smith may have started as an actress, but these days her list of jobs includes author, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, successful businesswoman - and, of course, wife and mother.

JFK retrospective, Latino history on PBS schedule

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:10:27 -0400

LOS ANGELES - PBS' fall schedule will examine President John F. Kennedy's life and his death 50 years ago through a modern lens, part of the network's increased emphasis on relevance, its programming chief said.

Antietam illumination inspires documentary

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:29:11 -0400

SHARPSBURG, Maryland - A Maryland producer is hoping an online campaign will help him create a documentary about annual Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination

Crash survivors to attend 25th anniversary events

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:43:33 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Survivors of the nation's worst drunken driving crash plan to reunite next week for a memorial service in the central Kentucky area that suffered the heartbreak from the tragedy a quarter century ago.

Family: No US access to man held in 'nightmare'

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:20 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela - U.S. diplomats have been given no access to a California man held in Venezuela for nearly two weeks in what his family on Monday called a "nightmare" that unfolded after he was accused of being a spy fomenting postelection unrest.

West Liberty screens pro-gas drilling film Monday

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:04:06 -0400

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia - West Liberty University is hosting a free public screening of the documentary "FrackNation," a film targeting environmental activists concerned about natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

Rule lets Oscar voters watch DVDs for some votes

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:41:16 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Oscar voters will no longer be required to see certain nominated films in a theater to cast their ballots.

New documentary examines the lives of pornography stars

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:50:11 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Ever wonder what makes young, pretty, "good" girls pursue careers in porn?

Movie to tell story of monk who built Ala. grotto

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:56:35 -0400

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A filmmaker is set to tell the story of Joseph Zoettl, the Bavarian monk who built the Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman.

Film about W.Va. doughboy to show in Mo., Ark.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:50:12 -0400

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - A documentary film about the last American veteran of World War I is being screened throughout May in Missouri and Arkansas to help continue the late Frank Buckles' fight for a memorial to his comrades on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Documentary to focus on man convicted Mo. killer

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:41:53 -0400

COLUMBIA, Missouri - The plight of a Missouri man convicted of killing a newspaper sports editor soon will be the focus of a documentary film as he continues his battle for freedom.

Lily Tomlin speaks up for elephants in documentary

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:32:43 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Lily Tomlin's admiration for elephants began when she met Ruby and Billy.

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:22:21 -0400

BANGKOK - Thailand's film censors have banned a documentary about the country's long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia as a threat to national security, the filmmaker said Wednesday.

Pat Summitt's life chronicled in film 'Pat XO'

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:31:05 -0400

NEW YORK - The story of Pat Summitt's life debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Tourism music to ears of Shoals area of Alabama

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:07:04 -0400

FLORENCE, Alabama - When Roger Stolle first arrived in Clarksdale, Mississippi, it was difficult for the Ohio transplant to find a good cup of coffee.

Taliban threat could skew Pakistan election result

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:43:47 -0400

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly being forced to rely on social media, phone calls and even short documentaries that allow them to campaign at a distance.

200 wins, 5 losses: 'We're all poor losers'

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:04:28 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - At the free-throw line, Nikki Leader propped the basketball against her hip and examined the bruises across her 66-year-old arms. She fingered a bandage across her left wrist that covered a wound earned in a very physical senior basketball tournament in Texas a few days before.

Nigeria censors documentary in growing crackdown

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:10:22 -0400

LAGOS, Nigeria - The documentary on a massive strike that paralyzed life in Nigeria features newspaper headlines, television news footage and other information widely known about a government gasoline subsidy that saw billions of dollars stolen by greedy companies and the nation's elite.

Discovery documentary revisits Watergate movie

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:58:27 -0400

NEW YORK - When Robert Redford first called Bob Woodward to talk about a movie that eventually became "All the President's Men," the Washington Post reporter didn't call back.