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POLITICS ON FILM HONORS GRANITO AND FORDSON
Festival veteran takes second Jury Grand Prize, Arab-American film wins two at 3rd annual festival
WASHINGTON— Granito: How to Nail a Dictator took the Jury Grand Prize at the third annual Politics on Film festival in Washington, organizers announced today.
Read more (PDF)POLITICS ON FILM ANNOUNCES 2011 FESTIVAL LINE-UP: Art and war, 9/11 ten years later and Netherlands pair headline 3rd annual festival
WASHINGTON – Politics on Film today announced the 2011 festival line-up, including two world premieres of documentaries focused on politics and policy.
Joining the previously announced opening and closing films are documentaries examining two lingering aspects of September 11 a decade later. “Fordson” follows the football season of student athletes at Fordson High School in Dearborn, MI, a town with the highest concentration of Arabs in any city outside of the Middle East. Director and executive producer Rashid Ghazi, who has developed more than 100 live high school sporting events for ESPN, successfully blends sports with drama in this revealing portrait of American families still struggling for acceptance in a post-9/11 world.
Read more (PDF)POLITICS ON FILM TO OPEN WITH FITZGERALD PREMIERE, CLOSE WITH RETURN OF AWARD-WINNER YATES
3rd Annual Fest Set for May 4-8, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Two films centered on the impact of the arts will open and close the 2011 Politics on Film Festival. Melissa Fitzgerald, the West Wing actress, will premiere “Staging Hope” to open the festival. And inaugural PoliFest winner Pamela Yates (“The Reckoning”) returns with another powerful story, “Granito”, to close the third annual event.
“Part of the story of this festival is the power of film to make a difference,” said Gayle Osterberg, Chief Operating Officer. “Bookending this year’s event are two stories that convey this concept brilliantly, weaving realities of war and its aftermath with the impact of the arts in helping people move forward in different ways. We couldn’t be more excited to bring these powerful films to Washington.”
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May 15, 2010
VARIETY
Washington Guessing Games
Like others who\'ve chimed in in the past week, David Van Taylor calls President Obama\'s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan "an interesting mystery" - and that is what concerns him. Taylor\'s documentary, "Advise & Dissent," which recently won the Founders Award at the Politics on Film festival in Washington, is a candid look at the confirmation battles of John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
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May 5, 2010
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Since Bork, a Long War Over the Court
...As President Obama prepares to name his second nominee to the court, perhaps within days, a new documentary takes viewers inside the war rooms for a look at the polarizing confirmation battles waged each time a seat opens. The film, "Advise and Dissent," which has its premiere in Washington on Wednesday night, underlines the deep divide over the court.
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May 5, 2010
POLITICO
Mike Allen\'s Playbook
Good Wednesday morning. Tonight is the sold-out world premiere of "ADVISE & DISSENT," a documentary filmed behind the scenes of the Roberts, Miers, and Alito confirmation battles.
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