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Sentence

The War on Drugs Doles Out Harsh Punishments that Harm Children the Most • The Sentence

In the searing new documentary The Sentence, we discover that the casualties of the “War on Drugs” extend beyond the millions of Americans harshly punished with prison time—their families suffer the brunt. Director Rudy Valdez, an American of Mexican descent, began filming his three nieces for his sister Cindy Shank because she was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. It was her first offense. She was labeled a conspirator.

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Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Michael Moore

Jane Fonda, 2-time Oscar-winning actress (and 7-time Oscar nominee), 4-time Golden Globe winner, 2-time BAFTA winner, and Emmy Award winner, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Oscar-winner Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine). The award will be presented to Fonda during the festival’s 14th annual edition, running July 31 to August 5 along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan in Traverse City, Michigan.

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Ken Eurell NYPD

Ex-Cop Details Cocaine-Fueled Corruption in the NYPD

Ex-NYPD cop Ken Eurell sold cocaine and was memorialized in the documentary ‘The Seven Five’ wrote memoir ‘Betrayal in Blue: The Shocking Memoir of the Scandal that Rocked the NYPD.’

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Frank Zappa

Review of Eat That Question – Frank Zappa Documentary

Guest Post by Bob Zappa, author of Frankie and Bobby: Growing Up Zappa On Monday night when my wife, Diane, and I met up with her daughter, Anna, at the Landmark Theater we went to the ticket booth to ask for Gary Springer, the man in charge of PR for the movie. The young woman in … Read more

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Errol Morris

Exclusive Interview: Errol Morris Asks Donald Rumsfeld What We All Want To Know

Yesterday, I hopped a subway down to SoHo for a one-on-one interview with Academy-Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris. I have interviewed gobs of A-list celebrities, but this was a career highlight and an honor. Morris is promoting his movie, “The Unknown Known.” It is his latest documentary and is being released on Friday, April 4. It shines … Read more

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Young, Gay and Murdered: The Senseless Killing of Larry King

“Valentine Road” is a documentary telling the story of 15-year-old Larry King, who was shot twice in the back of the head by classmate Brandon McInerney in Oxnard, CA, in 2008. It aired on HBO on Oct. 7. Filmmaker Marta Cunningham did a thorough job of depicting the details of the tragedy in a reporting mode rather than editorializing. The audience is left to come to their own conclusions.

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Part II: Q&A with CIA analyst Nada Bakos who participated in the 2013 Sundance Film ‘Manhunt’

It is impossible not to make comparisons between “Manhunt” and last year’s movie, “Zero Dark Thirty.” The Oscar nominated Best Picture raised a lot of questions, especially about torture used during CIA interrogations. Searching for the truth, Examiner Dorri Olds interviewed Nada Bakos this week. It is clear that Bakos thinks before she speaks. She’s careful with her words and uses very few but she comes across as very likable and engaging.

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