February 2012
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WatchAll the way from Glasgow is a short documentary set in the East end of Glasgow, Scotland. The film follows Stuart Murray, a postman who gets inspired to draw by the people he meets. The film won the Audience Award at it’s graduate showcase in 2010.
I directed the film myself with the help from a crew of 3 others in two days. Hope you enjoy. To follow my work visit DuncanCowles.com, or to...
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WatchWEST TEXAS documents the unsettling, quiet beauty of an austere, arid landscape. Filmed in and around Marfa, Fort Davis, and Pinto Canyon, the film visually explores the grace sometimes found in the most pedestrian of places.
December 2011
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November 2011
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WatchHeavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
Enough said.
October 2011
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September 2011
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WatchGlass Jars by Alec Soth
August 2011
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WatchBorn Rich, 2003 dir. Jamie Johnson
Moderately attractive white people wearing nice clothes and jewelry are gathered in what appears to be a rented Gazebo for the 21st birthday party of the narrator / director Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune. We see Jamie alone, dressing himself in a tuxedo in a small study. An upbeat jazz song is playing. People are drinking champagne. With...
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WatchKORAN BY HEART was greeted by standing ovations at all of its recent Tribeca Film Festival screenings. It is an engaging and inspiring film about three 10-year-old kids – two boys and a girl – who come from all over the Islamic world to compete in Cairo’s prestigious Koran-recitation contest during Ramadan. The recitation of the Koran is a revered and deeply religious tradition, and this “Olympics...
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July 2011
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WatchLadies and Gentlemen Mr. Leonard Cohen, 1965
“This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and songwriter comes “to renew his neurotic affiliations.” He reads his poetry to an enthusiastic crowd, strolls the streets of the city, relaxes in this three-dollar-a-night hotel room and...
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New Domain Name
I just got a domain name for the group: docgroup.org. Update your bookmarks.
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WatchThe Redemption of General Butt Naked
“Once a brutal warlord who mercilessly slaughtered men, women, and children during Liberia’s bloody civil war, Joshua Milton Blahyi (General Butt Naked) led his child soldiers into battle in the nude, believing their bare skin to be impenetrable. This riveting documentary follows Blahyi as he reinvents himself as an evangelist and seeks forgiveness from the...
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Documentary Group Forums →
I decided to create a forum for the documentary group. Feel free to start a discussion or join in on an existing one.
For members, if you want, feel free to add links to threads in your posts that relate to your posts.
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WatchA look inside the East London based print and design studio Lovenskate as we ask why they are the only people in the UK to have chosen to stick to traditional methods of screen printing skateboards
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Michael Rapaport interviewed on The Sound of Young...
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June 2011
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WatchThe captivating story of a humble man and his bike.
May 2011
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WatchThe National Parks Project is a groundbreaking collaborative art project about nature and creativity, featuring 52 of Canada’s best musicians and filmmakers, and 13 of its most stunning national parks.
For more info visit nationalparksproject.ca
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Watch“Franz Otto Ultimate Highballer is a film about a notable tree planter directed by Adam Humphreys. The film was shot on location in British Columbia and Oregon in the fall of 2009. Adam struggles to tell the story of a microculture clinging to the edges of Pacific Northwest Forests.” -Erik Stinson
April 2011
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February 2011
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WatchThe Uncontacted Tribes is an extraordinary film footage of one of the last uncontacted tribes left in the world. Threatened by the illegal influx of Peruvian loggers, there very survival is in serious jeopardy.
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WatchBillykirk
Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation leather maker. A simple leather strap kick started the business, a decade later their collection has flourished into other offerings that consists of bags, belts, shoes, wallets, hats and other accessories....