Documentary Film
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Originally published | November 28, 2007 |
Authors | Patricia Aufderheide |
Genres | Film Criticism |
Followed by | Modern China: A Very Short Introduction |
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ID | 3053636 |
About Documentary Film
Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. . . .
Sinéad O'Connor: Tributes flow for Irish singer dead at 56
... Belfast filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson said she was " devastated" by the news as she had been working on a Documentary Film about O Connor, called Nothing Compares, which is set to be released this Saturday...
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... " Not just because it s my family, my life and hometown, but because it s just a fab Documentary Film and it s nice how it depicts the fact we can all live in a small place but have diverse political views...
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... The video, shot during the 2017 London premiere of a Documentary Film about Mr Peña, shows a heated exchange between the American businessman and a member of the audience...
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... In the Documentary Film Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, however, the women are naked...
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... A Documentary Film about hip hop resulted in him being beaten and imprisoned for three months...
Vladimir Putin: I moonlighted as a taxi driver in the 1990s
... Mr Putin s remarks come from a Documentary Film called Russia, Latest History, aired on Sunday...
Frank Williams: 'He will forever be a Formula 1 legend'
... So remarkable, a Documentary Film was made about his life in 2017...
The harmonious US city run by Muslim Americans
... " In a way it mobilised and unified a lot of people because everybody knows that in order to live in Hamtramck, you have to respect other people, " said Razi Jafri, co-director of Documentary Film " Hamtramck, USA"...
Sinéad O'Connor: Tributes flow for Irish singer dead at 56
By Rachel RussellBBC News
Tributes have flowed for the " radical and incredible" Sinéad O'Connor after the Irish singer's death at 56.
She had a voice That " cracked stone" said English musician Alison Moyet , while British band Massive Attack spoke of the " fire in her eyes".
English singer Jah Wobble told The Bbc The Singer and activist had had " The Essence of a Celtic female warrior".
Her family announced the death " with great sadness" on Wednesday. The Cause of death was not made public.
The Grammy-winning singer shot to international stardom in 1990 with The Hit ballad Nothing Compares 2 U, and released 10 studio albums between 1987 and 2014.
She had a difficult childhood, being placed as a teenager in Dublin in one of the notorious former Magdalene laundries, originally Set Up to incarcerate Young Girls deemed to be promiscuous.
A protester against child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church , in 1992 she faced controversy after ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II on US TV show Saturday Night Live.
Personal tragedy overshadowed her life with her 17-year-old son Shane found dead in January of Last Year . In one of her final tweets, she called him " the love of My Life , The Lamp of my soul".
Moyet paid tribute to O'Connor's " astounding presence" and voice That " cracked stone with force by increment". " As beautiful as any girl around and never traded on That card. I loved That about her. Iconoclast, "
O'Connor sang on Jah Wobble 's album Rising Above Bedlam and he played on her song The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance.
Speaking to Newshour on The Bbc World Service, The Singer remembered a " very special person". Her voice was " very powerful, very controlled. . There was a sweetness and fragility to it" He Said . But it was " no Secret . . That There was a degree of sadness".
" There are no words, " REM lead singer Michael Stipe simply said in his tribute.
US singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos remembered " such passion, such intense presence and a beautiful soul, who battled her own Personal Demons courageously".
The Pogues singer Shane Macgowan and his wife Victoria Mary Clarke said: " We don't really have words for this but we want to Thank You Sinéad for Your Love and your friendship and your compassion and your humour and your incredible music. "
Singer Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - called O'Connor, like himself a convert to Islam , a " tender soul".
Belfast filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson said she was " devastated" by The News as she had been working on a Documentary Film about O'Connor, called Nothing Compares, which is set to be released this Saturday.
" My Father introduced me to Sinéad's music in the late '80s, "
" Her album, The Lion and The Cobra , was played on repeat as we drove around Belfast . . And it became this visceral soundtrack To My Early Childhood . And Then , in the early '90s, My Friends and I felt like we really discovered her for a second time, and could really see how she looked, heard what she had to say. And she became this huge icon of ours and someone we were so proud of, and That she was from Ireland, Ireland. So she had a huge impact on me as a young Irish teenager. "
" She is one of The Most radical, incredible musicians That we've had. " Ferguson said. " And we were very, very lucky to have had her. "
Political figures also paid tribute to O'Connor, including Irish President Michael D Higgins as He Said : " One couldn't But Always be struck by the depth of her fearless commitment to the important issues which she brought to public attention. "
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