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This Penn alum won an Oscar for Best Documentary last night
Outside of John Travolta butchering Idina Menzel’s name, you may recall that another memorable moment from last night’s Oscars was a song performed in the acceptance speech for Twenty Feet from Stardom as “Best Documentary”. Turns out that Penn alum Morgan Neville (C’89, Daily Pennsylvanian) directed and produced the film! The film examines the lives and […]
This Penn alum Filmmaker’s (and Lawyer’s) fascinating documentary
A few years ago Penn alum Marc Simon (C’96, SAM) produced a great documentary called “Nursery University” that I really loved about how hard it is for parents to get their children into nursery school in NYC. Marc now has a fascinating new documentary called “Unraveled” debuting next week in NYC and LA which explores […]
Don’t watch the first 2 minutes (or minute 16:20) of this Penn alum’s documentary
Actually, you’ve got to watch this documentary that Jaclyn Gurwin (C’11), a Penn undergrad created for her senior honors thesis called “I Am Not My Body“. You’ll get sucked into this because the film is beyond seeing “distortions” (we’re talking split tongues, nose jobs, tattoos, piercings, and some more graphic items you’ll just have to watch […]
Their Indian documentary is something magical
Adam and Jim A couple years ago I did a story on Jim Goldblum (C’07, 34th Street)‘s virtual Katrina Yearbook which CNN said, of all the press coverage and all the documentaries, it was “one of the best of the best.” Jim has been working on a new compelling project with a fellow film editor […]
Is there a documentary here?
Last year, working artist Joan Myerson Shrager (College for Women, School of Education ’60) led the effort with the First United Methodist Church of Germantown to create stained glass windows to be sent to a school for AIDS orphans in South Africa. This year the group decided to donate their work to another school – […]
You Don’t Have to Love Hockey to Love his New Documentary (ON TV, SUNDAY NIGHT)
From his documentaries about oil spills to prison baseball teams, DT favorite filmmaker Loren Mendell (C’95, Friars) has now shot a new touching documentary you’ll want to check out which premieres this Sunday night (June 20) on Fox Sports (or Comcast or MSG Plus – depending on where you live). In “REPLAY Season 2”, two […]
