A documentary series 42 years in the making
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With a new installment due next fall, a DVD boxed set has been released of Michael Apted's famous "Up" films.
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A documentary and a fiction film about Joy Division return a mythic hero to life size.
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LOS ANGELES  - Like the modern-day equivalent of 18th century pamphleteers, documentary filmmakers have plunged into the center of the national debates over such issues as health care ("Sicko") and the environment ("An Inconvenient Truth"). But nowhere have the debates been more passionate than in the rash of documentaries about the Iraq War.
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Four documentaries with attitude are helping heat up the political season.
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NEW YORK  - Michael Apted's landmark films documenting the lives of a disparate group of Brits in seven-year intervals have always been fascinating from a sociological perspective. But the latest installment proves that they are undeniably brilliant cinematically as well.
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A former soap opera producer now makes documentaries about the crushing reality of the world's poor.
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The DVD of the acclaimed docudrama includes interviews with victims' family members.
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Two new engrossing documentaries show how down-home folks got politicized by the Iraq War
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The high-definition documentary on the National Geographic Channel, examines the dawn of the modern living room war.
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A documentary that will examine the cultural, political and social impact of the various foreign versions of "Sesame Street" is getting ready to begin a yearlong shoot across several continents.
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Documentary filmmakers  Douglas Gordon and Phlippe Parreno saw it coming.
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Video-on-demand has been undergoing an interminable maturation process.
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The documentaries âBlockadeâ and âAmateur Photographerâ offer a devastating look at World War II-era atrocities.
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The New York Film Festival, 42 years in the running, continues to command respect as a showcase for eminent filmmakers and up-and-coming masters.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker adds a historical perspective to the latest curriculum proposals.
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A new HBO documentary transports us back to a time when Brooklyn and baseball were the apotheosis of the American dream.
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For two decades, the PBS documentary series "P.O.V." has been resolute about living up to its title &#151; presenting films with a fiercely strong point of view. In turn, it receives its share of viewer feedback.