Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
The 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards (formerly known as simply the Gotham Awards) were handed out last night with Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River beating Lance Hammer’s Ballast, Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York, Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor and Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler for Best Feature. Frozen River’s Melissa Leo also took Breakthrough Actor for her [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
The mysterious body that chooses the pool of potential documentary feature nominees for the Oscars every year probably stepped in another flaming bag of poo yesterday with the release of this year’s short list.
The effusive praise heaped upon Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father by critics, bloggers and audiences alike has gone [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Michael J. Smith Sr. in Ballast
Ready or not, it’s officially awards season with the IFP announcing its nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards (formerly known as the Gotham Awards).
Several films that might be familiar to you if you’ve been reading LiC lately have been showered with a little early awards loving and [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Kim Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts as we meet them in Trouble the Water
One sign of a good documentary filmmaker is the ability to shift gears and abandon preconceived notions when a story changes unexpectedly. In the case of Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, the story that became their hurricane Katrina documentary Trouble the Water [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
I recently sat down to chat with Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, the filmmakers behind Trouble the Water, the Sundance grand jury prize winning documentary about hurricane Katrina that opens in New York and Los Angeles on 8/22.
On the same day, I also spoke with two of the subjects of that [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water
Ouch. It looks like summer is over but the fall movie season still hasn’t begun. The wide releases look almost completely forgettable so, once again, I’ll dig into the slightly more promising limited releases first.
Trouble the Water. Coming from the producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Kim Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water
Back in July you may remember I mentioned having caught up to the Sundance jury prize-winning documentary Trouble the Water, the story of hurricane Katrina told through the eyes of two survivors: Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her husband Scott Roberts. I’ll have a review of the [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts on a good day in Trouble the Water
I caught up recently with a couple of documentaries that made their respective marks at Sundance last January. The gripping and moving hurricane Katrina documentary Trouble the Water ended up winning the jury documentary prize while the crowd-pleasing American Teen received enthusiastic [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival jury and audience award winners were announced this evening during the Festival’s closing awards ceremony host by William H. Macy.
The Grand Jury Prize for dramtic feature went to Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River.
The Grand Jury Prize for documenatary feature was given to Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Trouble the Water.
Sweden’s King of [...]
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