- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 17, 2012
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Reader's Agenda, Mon 12/17: Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Kartemquin directors, and Bret Slater
What's on the Agenda for Monday, December 17, 2012
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 7, 2011
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Filmmaker Usama Alshaibi Says He Was Beaten in Anti-Arab attack
Usama Alshaibi, director of the in-progress documentary "American Arab," claims he was beaten March 6 in Fairfield, Iowa in an anti-Arab attack.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2011
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The Interrupters
Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz tail former gang members addressing urban violence as a public health crisis in the Kartemquin Films documentary "The Interrupters," premiering Friday 1/21 at the Sundance Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 12, 2010
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American Arab
Usama Alshaibi screens clips from his in-progress documentary "American Arab" and joins a panel discussion for Arab American Heritage Month, tonight at Columbia College.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 21, 2010
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A Good Man
Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn screen an excerpt from their forthcoming Bill T. Jones dance documentary "A Good Man," in a retrospective of films by Hercules and his Media Process Group tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 28, 2010
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Typeface
Kartemquin executive director Justine Nagan's "Typeface" premieres Friday 1/29 in the Gene Siskel Film Center's Stranger Than Fiction documentary series.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
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"Milking the Rhino" Director David E. Simpson
David E. Simpson, director of the documentary "Milking the Rhino" about community-based conservation in Africa, speaks Tuesday 1/26 at Chicago Filmmakers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 15, 2009
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Nice Bombs
Usama Alshaibi celebrates the DVD release of his personal Iraq documentary "Nice Bombs" with two free screenings Friday 10/16 at the Portage Theater.
