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A review on the Fox News website calls Michael Moore’s new documentary investigating the US healthcare system, “brilliant and uplifting.”
The review, by Roger Friedman, continues

“Sicko” works because in this one there are no confrontations. Moore smartly lets very articulate average Americans tell their personal horror stories at the hands of insurance companies. The film […]

Islam vs. Islamists, a controversial film that focuses on struggles between moderate and less-moderate Islamic groups, will be distributed to US public broadcasting stations by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
The controversy in brief: The film was funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to be part of the America At A Crossroads project, but wasn’t […]

Les Blank, who has directed three dozen documentaries, will receive the Edward MacDowell Medal for 2007. The MacDowell Colony’s announcement says of Blank:
Regarded as one of the seminal figures in documentary filmmaking, Les Blank’s career has spanned a range of subjects that profile passionate people at the periphery of American society and the heart of […]

According to this story in the Washington Post:
Filmmaker Ken Burns reached an agreement yesterday with two advocacy organizations that have pressured him to amend his World War II documentary to include more material about Latinos’ contribution to the American war effort.
The agreement between Burns’s production company, Florentine Films, and the two Latino groups appears crafted […]

The US Treasury Department is reportedly investigating Michael Moore’s trip taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for medical treatment. The trip forms a segment of Sicko, his upcoming documentary that examines the health-care industry. (Sorry, I can’t find a web site for the film).
A story by the Associated Press says:
The Treasury Department’s Office […]

The controversy about Ken Burns’ WWII doc, its lack of Hispanic viewpoints, and what people have offered/threatened to do continues. In case you haven’t been following all this, here’s a background story about the controversy from the Associated Press. And here’s a link to previous truefilm posts about all this.
While your correspondent has been traveling, […]