Happy Birthday! Ornette Coleman Turns 80.

Ornette Coleman was one of the great Free Jazz innovators of the 1960’s. His epoch-making record “Free Jazz” was released by Atlantic Records at the dawn of that decade. This all-star album featured Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Scott LaFaro, Ed Blackwell and Billy Higgins. Coleman released over 50 LP’s as a band leader. His most recent record, “Sound Grammar”, was recorded live Ludwigshafen in 2005. It won the Pulitzer Prize for music. Shirley Clarke’s Film on realeyz.tv  Ornette: Made in America throws an interesting light on Coleman’s life and work.

Pandora Blue(s)

The Center for Research and Documentation Chile-Latin America (FDCL) analyses the “Avatar” phenomenon and what the unexpected Oscar snub (in favor of Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker”) means in terms of natural resource vs. indigenous rights discourse in Latin America. Read the full post in German here.

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…and the winner is

Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens  have won an Oscar for best documentary with their film  “The Cove”.

“Music by Prudence” won the  Oscar for best short documentary.

Kim Longinotto Speaks with Lou Bolch (Community Channel)

Source: Community Channel

Journalist Lou Bolch interviews Kim Longinotto, director of DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET, SHINJUKU BOYS, HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME GO, RUNAWAY, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE, HIDDEN FACES and SISTERS IN LAW. Watch the interview here on Community Channel. Longinotto explains her unique approach to filming difficult subject matter and intimate situations. She reminisces about the strong and inspiring women and girls portrayed in her documentaries and the bonds she manages to forge with them.

HERETICS - Joan Braderman pays tribute to Second Wave Feminism

Joan Braderman, whose 80s stand-up media critique classic JOAN DOES DYNASTY is on realeyz.tv, has just released her latest film Heretics. It’s a stylish and insightful documentary about legendary collective second wave feminist journal Heresies.

More information about the project here. Read full article