Girlfriend's Google Doodle Compels Filmmaker to Complete Civil Rights Era Documentary

Earlier this year, Boston artist Ekua Holmes created the Google Doodle displayed on January 19th across the U.S. for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Like Ava Duvernay's recent film, the illustration was anchored to the famous march across Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma.

Synagogue Doc Continues to Raise the Roof

When the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews opened in Warsaw in the fall of 2014, the documentary Raise the Roof was a key part of the inaugural ceremonies. Along with the film's central artifact.

Taking a Gander at a Forgotten Crossroads

In 2002, veteran reporter Jim DeFede published The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland. The book examined how residents of the small Canadian town welcomed with open arms some 6,700 airline passengers diverted to their airport by the events of 9/11.

A Coen Brothers Character and Minnesota Film Legend

In 1970, Al Milgrom was teaching film history at the University of Minnesota. Next weekend at the Flyway Film Festival in Pepin, Wisconsin, he will be in attendance for an October 23rd screening of his documentary about some events that occurred near campus that same year.

It's a Wonderful Chinese Life

A man who voluntarily patrols a bridge in China on weekends in order to try and prevent people from committing suicide is naturally going to be compelling subject matter. The story of Chen Si has been covered over the years by This American Life, GQ magazine and the New York Times.