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Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano

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Revisiting Civil Rights History With Neshoba

Forty six years ago, Micki Dickoff desperately wanted to take part in “Freedom Summer,” a campaign organized by civil rights groups in Mississippi to register African Americans to vote. But her father wouldn't allow her to attend. What happened at Freedom Summer shocked Dickoff and Americans across the country to the core. Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered by a mob of Klansmen in the small town of Neshoba. Dickoff’s attachment to the movement and the events that followed were so close to home, they remained in the back of her mind. (No comments yet)


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Asbury Shorts Celebrates 30 Years


Asbury Shorts Celebrates 30 Years

The Asbury Short Film Show of New York celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special July 21st short film show and jazz concert at Washington Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Cigarettes, Accordions and Movies in Serbia


Cigarettes, Accordions and Movies in Serbia

I just returned from Serbia, where my husband, MM Publisher Tim Rhys, and I attended a strange and fascinating film festival at the home and “personal village” of famed Serbian auteur moviemaker, musician and actor, Emir Kusturica, deep in the mountains of the Mokra Gora region near Bosnia.

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Photo Live From Tribeca 2010: All Access


The basics of Tribeca All Access: The industry reps get a 13- to 16-page excerpt of a script in development or at some stage of production. In the case of documentary moviemakers and producers, reps see a five- to 10-minute clip of their footage.

Here’s a summary of each of the projects we learned about on day one of TAA 2010: (No comments yet)

Photo China Pulls Two Films From Palm Springs Film Festival


The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced yesterday that two Chinese films set to screen at the 2010 festival, City of Life and Death and Quick, Quick, Slow, have been withdrawn. (29 comments)

Photo Paul Osborne Gets His Official Rejection


"Oh, yeah, you guys are infamous," said Bruce Fletcher as he leaned back in his chair, his trademark jack-o'-lantern grin stretching across his face. "You're downright notorious." He was referring to the reaction our documentary about film festivals, Official Rejection, generated when it came up in conversation during a recent informal gathering of various festival directors at the Toronto International Film Festival. (29 comments)

Photo Let’s Go Ride A Couch


So, by luck or sheer bribery, your movie somehow has made it into a festival. How is your film going to stand out in the crowd of all those other films that don’t deserve to be there nearly as much as yours? Answer: Promote the crap out of your movie. Actually, promote the crap out of your movie in a fresh and creative way.
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