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  A short film produced to showcase Namibia as a safe and versatile location for filmmakers,for more info visit www.namibiatourism.com.na

  June 2007 Her films have divided Iran, led to her arrest and seen her charged with four crimes that carry the death penalty. But Iranian filmmaker Tehmineh Milani refuses to be silenced. "She focuses on women's rights and shows things the way they are", states a fan. Milani's latest film, 'Payback', is her most....
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  Part 1: A conversation with filmmaker Curt Ellis about his new documentary "King Corn", the film that may open eyes across America. Surprisingly, corn is present in some form or another, in almost everything on the American plate. And, none more so, than through the food ingredient "high fructose corn syrup" (HFCS).....
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  In the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom, American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic though: rescue and Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to Prague to work as an intern on a Hollywood movie he is directing. What promises to be a heartwarming tale quickly becomes a mirror of the....
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  Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It's become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, 'King Corn' filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, the growing....
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  http://www.sundancechannel.com/festival Interview with Christopher Bell, director of BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER*.

  My girlfriend and I have just got together and now I am making a feature film entirely on my own, from acting to best-boy, and this is the first time you will be able to witness the struggles and set backs, highs and lows of one man fighting to make a feature film entirely on his own! I am a filmmaker and so this is....
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  http://www.sundancechannel.com/festival Interview with CLARK GREGG, director of CHOKE.

  Continuing the conversation, Curt Ellis shares his story about the pervasiveness of corn in our daily foods. We learn that for the first time in human history, the problem of obesity is associated with poverty, not affluence. The processed foods that saturate the market with cheap food products is the chief culprit. Do you feel it's time for a change?

  http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/operationfilmmaker In this surprising allegory of America's involvement in Iraq, an Iraqi film student, Muthana Mohmed—whose school was destroyed by American bombs—lands a dream job working on a Hollywood movie in the West. On set, idealistic expectations and cultural....
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