The current civilian uprising and turmoil in Egypt against the regime of Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented and has been bottled up for a long time. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world. “Egypt we are watching you” gives a glimpse into what was the state of political representation in the country and [...]
The Devil Came on Horseback is a first person narrative about the Darfur conflict. Brian Steidle, a US marine goes to Sudan to work as an international observer for 6 months and the tragic genocide unfolds. Armed with exclusive photos that he took and frustration that he could do nothing to intervene during his stay [...]
In 1996, “Unforgotten” was made about the horrific conditions under which people with mental retardation were kept in Willowbrook State School, a state supported institution in Staten Island, New York City. Geraldo Riveria exposed the deplorable conditions in the institution in 1972 and 15 years later secondary to public outcry the institution was finally [...]
The short film nominations are literally from all over the world in terms of the stories represented. I have not seen any of the films and hence am writing based on reviews, the film websites and trailers if available. Killing in the name, Poster Girl are kinda related two individuals whose lives have changed forever [...]
Out in the Silence captures the remarkable chain of events that unfold when the filmmaker Joe Wilson’s announcement of his same-sex marriage in the local newspaper ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small Pennsylvania hometown – Oil City. The announcement also catches the attention of Kathy Springer, a local woman whose gay teenage son, [...]
The widening waist lines, increasing body weight, shrinking clothes – don’t we all hate those. I found an universal newsreel clip from the early 40s about exercise machines and that was my inspiration for this post. The documentaries – “Super Skinny Me” and “10 things you need to know about losing weight” are kinda like [...]
“Inside Deep Throat” was a 2005 documentary made by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. The poster clearly illustrates the film is definitely not about the secret informant – DEEP THROAT, the whistler blower in the infamous Watergate scandal whose identity was not known till 2005. In 2005 at the age of 91, the former associate [...]
I don’t know how I feel about this film. Enjoyed it – entertaining, ridiculous, with lots of twists and turns, satire…BUT WHAT THE HELL WAS I WATCHING…I don’t know. Can’t think of a film that blurred so many lines – Was it real, was it fake, was it a prank, what was it? It had [...]
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi. As less and less of clean consumable water is available and with ever increasing privatization and commoditization of water and with the recent influence of the documentary“TAPPED”, it just seemed necessary to compile a list of documentaries about drinking [...]
Hey Hey Everyone. Happy New Years to the lovely Real Talkies readers! Thank you for all your support in 2010. January sounds promising for the non-fiction world. Sundance film festival will usher in some really unbelievable documentaries that will hopefully be released in the theaters in the later half of this year or early next [...]
