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  • Who Are The Champions? FIFA World Cup Through the Eyes of People on the Street
    Who Are The Champions? from the Submarine Channel explores the impact of the FIFA World Cup through the stories of people on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Leipzig, Germany.
    Emma Dessau 12 min read June 5, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • Dear Mandela: A South African Film Finds an American Audience
    Dara Kell shares her experience self-distributing the documentary Dear Mandela. The film airs on Black Public Media's AfroPoP on Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
    POV Guest Blogger 13 min read January 28, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • SXSW 2012: Beware of Mr. Baker
    Blogger Adam Schartoff talks with Jay Bulger, the director of SXSW's top documentary prize winner, Beware of Mr. Baker.
    Adam Schartoff 5 min read April 4, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: All Eyes on Africa
    World Cup 2010, South Africa. Photo by Marcello Casal Jr//ABr The World Cup has been grabbing vast swaths of attention for the game of soccer, and providing a raison d’être for some serious-minded programming focusing on the host country, South Africa, as well as the larger host continent. I’ve managed to catch some thin, yet […]
    Tom Roston 8 min read July 6, 2010 Doc Soup Comments
  • Catch Yoruba Richen Talking About 'Promised Land' on NPR
    Yoruba Richen will be on several radio shows talking about the issues in Promised Land (tonight on PBS at 10:00 pm) and her experiences making the documentary. Today at 11:30 am ET/8:30 am PT, she will be on KPFA Berkeley’s Morning Show, then she’ll be on WNYC Radio, New York’s Leonard Lopate Show at 1:00 […]
    Cathy Fisher 0 min read July 6, 2010 Documentary News Comments