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Roundup: What great genre-film performances deserve some love this year?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:54 am · November 19th, 2012
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Interview: Ken Burns on 'The Central Park Five' and the thriving state of documentary filmmaking
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:54 pm · November 7th, 2012
Legendary documentarian Ken Burns wants to make sure the spotlight isn’t too focused on him this time around.
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US docs 'Mea Maxima Culpa,' 'Central Park Five' and 'West of Memphis' powerfully take on corrupt authorities
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:24 pm · October 18th, 2012
Multiple institutions take a beating in a seething trio of films.
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'Central Park Five' is a crushing indictment of mob mentality and miscarried justice
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:59 am · September 1st, 2012
“I hope this film makes you angry,” filmmaker Sarah Burns said by way of introduction to this morning’s screening of “The Central Park Five.” She co-directed the film with her father, Ken Burns (a Telluride staple — as is Sarah: this is her 20th fest) and husband David McMahon. And angry is a good way to put it.
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New Ken Burns doc to screen in theaters for the first time in 27 years
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:34 am · April 25th, 2012
The wrongful conviction case that five teenagers imprisoned for the rape of a central park jogger is the subject of the first theatrical release from documentation Ken Burns in 27 years.
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