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With shows like “Seal Team,” the canine contributions to overseas military efforts are starting to get recognized more in scripted series. “War Dog: A Soldier’s Best Friend” takes a look at the real-life dogs who helped inspire those stories.

HBO released the first trailer for this documentary, which premieres on Veterans Day, November 13. The film follows the relationships between three soldiers and their canine companions. With stories from Army Rangers and Special Operations officers, they’re tributes to the dogs who helped their human trainers return home safely. Away from the battlefield, the process of becoming one of these elite military dogs is just as selective as the process that picks the human complement of the forces they join.

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Like other stories of wartime battles, these soldiers have heartfelt remembrances of fallen comrades.

The real story behind Bowe Bergdahl is only beginning to unfold. While it may take weeks or months to find out exactly why and how the U.S. soldier may have left his platoon in Afghanistan in 2009 and found himself held captive by the Taliban for five years, Bergdahl’s narrative has renewed long seething debates about America’s foreign entanglements in the Middle East. Was Bergdahl a deserter or hero, a traitor or a Pow? And ultimately, was his reason for being in Afghanistan justified or, to use the military acronym, Fubar (fucked-up beyond all recognition)? American documentary cinema has long embraced this debate, with U.S. soldiers like Bergdahl emerging as some of the most powerful characters in this ongoing national drama. Think of Scott Camil, the traumatized Vietnam vet, in 1972’s Winter Soldier, who testified to the horrifying brutalization and murder of innocent Vietnamese civilians by U.

After positive feedback on the festival circuit and a successful trailer premiere, "Kids for Cash" opens in theaters this month. This chilling chronicle of a scandal is a documentary directed by Robert May ("The War Tapes," "The Station Agent" ).  Delving into the judicial scandal that followed the shootings at Columbine High School, "Kids for Cash" covers stories of ruined lives. Soon after the tragedy, a judge cranks down on high school kids to keep them in line. But while some parents celebrated this taking of new measures, those who began to raise questions uncovered corruption, schemes, and millions in kickbacks. Learn more about the movie here. And watch an exclusive clip below.

Huge congratulations are in order for Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Reid Carolin, and Deborah Scranton!! Today in New York, their incredible documentary, ‘Earth Made of Glass‘, just received a prestigious Peabody Award, which recognizes excellence in radio, television, and new media.

Chan and Jenna executive produced ‘Earth Made of Glass‘ with Reid via their production company 33&Out and Deborah’s Clover & a Bee Films. The political documentary had a standing room only premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival (with the President of Rwanda in attendance), was an official selection at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival, and also received a 2011 Producers Guild Award nomination for Best Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture.

‘Earth Made of Glass‘ was also picked up by HBO, where fans can watch it on HBO Signature East on Tuesday, May 22nd at 8:40 Am Central and on Hbogo through May 31st, and you can Click Here to buy the DVD.

For the globally conscious among us who want to want to see Hotel Rwanda (how long has it been sitting in your Netflix queue?), Earth Made of Glass, exec produced by Channing Tatum, offers an emotionally engaging, informative view of post-genocide Rwanda that spares you from anything too hard to stomach. The idea of the film is not to replay the horror of the Rwandan genocide, but to find a blueprint for peace and ending cycles of violence in conflict areas. Tatum saw producing the movie as an opportunity to educate himself as well as younger viewers. “I knew of the genocide,...

“There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime, and the Earth is Made Of Glass.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As I previously posted, ‘Earth Made of Glass‘ will premiere on HBO next month. We now have a few more details I can share…

The film, which chronicles the search for truth and peace in post-genocide Rwanda, debuts exclusively on HBO2 Wednesday, April 6th at 8:00-9:30 p.m. Et/Pt and replays April 27th at 2:30p.m. Et/Pt. Fans can check out the newly released official page for the film on HBO’s site.

For those who don’t know, ‘Earth Made of Glass‘ is executive produced by Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, and Reid Carolin’s production company 33&Out and Deborah Scranton’s Clover & a Bee Films.

The political documentary had a standing room only premiere at the 2010 Tribeca...

“There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime, and the Earth is Made Of Glass.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Earlier this year ‘Earth Made of Glass‘, a political documentary produced by Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, and Reid Carolin’s production company 33&Out and Deborah Scranton’s Clover & a Bee Films, received a coveted 2011 Producers Guild Award nomination for Best Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture.

Although I’ve known this for months, I can finally officially report that the film has been purchased by HBO and will premiere on the cable channel on April 6th!!!

And I once again want to send out a Huge Congrats to Deborah, Reid, Chan and Jenna!!!

The moving film, which has been endorsed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, follows Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu and had a standing room only premiere at...

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Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev deliver another stunning issue of Scarlet. The writing is superb, the art is unbelievable, and what really makes this comic so interesting to read, is its level of realism. From the premise, to the character’s motivations, through to the detailed illustration style, the whole comic feels more like a gritty documentary in the vein of Restrepo or The War Tapes than a fictional bi-monthly book.

Scarlet depicts the next-American revolution… the one that seems like it could happen any day now. The story is told, largely, through the eyes and narrative voice of Scarlet, the young woman at the heart of this new revolution. This in turn, helps connect the reader on a more personal, emotional level to what could be “another dystopian tale of uprising”. And what makes this story so very unnerving, is after the events of...

“There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime, and the Earth is Made Of Glass.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In addition to the film’s 2011 Producers Guild Award nomination for Best Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture, I have even more great news about ‘Earth Made of Glass‘ for UK fans…

I want to send out a Big Congrats to Deborah Scranton, Reid Carolin, Chan and Jenna!!! Their political documentary will have a nationwide UK broadcast premiere on Channel 4’s More4 on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 10pm!

The moving film, which has been endorsed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, follows Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu and had a standing room only premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this past April.

Against the backdrop of the world’s deadliest war in neighboring Eastern Congo, Rwandan President...

“There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime, and the Earth is Made Of Glass.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Exciting news!!! ‘Earth Made of Glass‘, a political documentary that’s produced by Channing Tatum, wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum, and Reid Carolin under their production company 33&Out, will have and Oscar-qualifying run in theaters in New York City and Los Angeles starting this weekend.

The moving film, which has been endorsed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, follows Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu and had a standing room only premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this past April.

Against the backdrop of the world’s deadliest war in neighboring Eastern Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame released a report on August 6th, 2008 detailing the French government’s hidden role in planning the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Three months later,...

Americans soldiers, weighted down with backpacks and machine guns, rush up a hill in the remote mountains of Afghanistan. We follow them closely through the underbrush as bullets whiz past their heads, then voices call out -- a man is down, one of theirs. A grieving soldier goes into shock, breathing heavily, on the verge of breakdown, as his comrades try to steady him. It's utter chaos -- in short, this is war.

But this is a very specific representation of war -- as chronicled in new documentaries like Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger's "Restrepo," the Danish Cannes winner "Armadillo" and photojournalist Danfung Dennis' work-in-progress "Hell and Back Again." Visceral, alarming and in-your-face, these Afghanistan docs offer a depiction of war that isn't exactly new in the mediascape, but it stands in striking contrast to the images we've seen coming out of Iraq for the last several years.

New York Magazine interviewed Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum about their new documentary ‘Earth Made of Glass‘ last Tuesday. Fans can check out the interview below where they explain why they feel it’s important for everyone (especially today’s youth) to watch and learn from the film…

Channing Tatum and His Wife, Jenna Dewan: From Step Up to a Rwanda Documentary

Teen heartthrobs Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan met on the set of Step Up and married not too long after. So of course their first project since romantically break-dancing together is a documentary about the Rwanda genocide. Actually, that makes no sense at all. So we called them up to figure out how they connected with Earth Made of Glass, which was one of the strongest films to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. It was directed by The War Tapes’ Deborah Scranton, co-produced...

Deborah Scranton and President Paul Kagame, courtesy Getty Images Last night's World Premiere of Earth Made of Glass at the Bmcc Tribeca Performing Arts Center included many special guests, but one in particular was an extraordinary honor for Tribeca, as the Festival welcomed His Excellency President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. The film, directed by returning filmmaker Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes, Tff 2006), looks at the 1994 genocide in that country through the lens of both the current head of state and some everyday citizens. Earth Made of Glass is a moving portrait of a country that has come through a devastating period of darkness into a period of hope and delicate peace. The Film Fellows program at Tribeca Film Institute allows high-school students who are aspiring filmmakers to experience the Festival - they attend screenings of all types of films, meet with filmmakers, and attend workshops - in an effort to...

From the director of "The War Tapes" comes a powerful new film that looks at the horrific 1994 genocide in Rwanda from both personal and political perspectives. On August 6, 2008, against the backdrop of the world's deadliest war in neighboring Eastern Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame released a report detailing the French government's hidden role in planning the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Three months later, his closest aide, Rose Kabuye, was ...

Rwanda's genocide and one man's choice at vengeance or non-violence is at the center of Deborah Scranton's Tribeca Film Festival World Documentary Feature Competition film, "Earth Made of Glass." From the director of "The War Tapes" comes a powerful new film that looks at the horrific 1994 genocide in Rwanda from both personal and political perspectives. On August 6, 2008, against the backdrop of the world's deadliest war in neighboring Eastern ...

Rwanda's genocide and one man's choice at vengeance or non-violence is at the center of Deborah Scranton's Tribeca Film Festival World Documentary Feature Competition film, "Earth Made of Glass." From the director of "The War Tapes" comes a powerful new film that looks at the horrific 1994 genocide in Rwanda from both personal and political perspectives. On August 6, 2008, against the backdrop of the world's deadliest war in neighboring Eastern ...

As I previously posted, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum have joined forces with friend and fellow producer Reid Carolin to executive produce their first movie via their production company 33&Out.

The film is called ‘Earth Made Of Glass‘, which is a moving documentary that follows the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu, and it will have it’s world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival this month.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently watched the documentary and gave a glowing endorsement of film…

“Earth Made of Glass is a truly inspirational film…this film shows how one country is navigating uncharted waters, providing a model for ending hatred and violence, alongside a transformation into one of Africa’s great success stories.”

Tickets for the April 26th premiere and April 27th, April 30th, and May 1st screenings just went on sale to American Express card members at 11Am Est Today!

Tonight, we have chosen to preview a film, which seeks to expose a genocide, hopefully answering many questions. Deborah Scranton’s Earth Made of Glass is a documentary, focusing on the genocide in Rwanda, occuring in 1994, whose ramifications are still felt to this day.

From the trailer, the film looks to be feature a very serious, grim topic, but is something that we should all expose ourselves to, as this modern horror is an event that few talk about today.

Earth Made of Glass will screen on April 26th, 27th, 30th, and May 1st. For a complete list of screening times and locations, visit the official Tribeca Page. You can also visit the films website, become a fan on Facebook, or follow the film’s events on Twitter.

From the director of The War Tapes comes a powerful new film that looks at the horrific 1994 genocide in Rwanda from both personal and political perspectives.

“There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime, and the Earth is Made Of Glass.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Models, dancers, actors, and now you can add producers to the long list of abilities Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum have in their every-growing talent arsenal.

The couple has joined forces with friend and fellow producer Reid Carolin to executive produce their first film via their new production company 33&Out.

‘Earth Made Of Glass‘, a moving documentary that follows the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu, will be the first movie to carry the 33&Out production company title.

The new documentary follows a president and a citizen—bound together by a profound love of country and an unquenchable desire to see the truth revealed— as they fight to uncover the mystery behind a murder and France’s hidden role in the horrific 1994 Rwandan genocide.

9th Annual Festival to Present 85 Feature-Length and 47 Short Film Selections from April 21 – May 2, 2010

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New York, NY [March 10, 2010] – The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced the first 34 films to be presented among the 85 feature length and 47 short films at this year’s Festival. The 34 titles include 24 World Narrative and Documentary Competition films, as well as out-of-competition feature film selections in the Showcase and Special Events sections.

The 2010 Tff will take place from April 21 to May 2 in lower Manhattan. The 2010 film selection encompasses feature films from 38 different countries, including 45 World Premieres, 7 International Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres and 12 New York Premieres, among which are 7 titles which are part of the fourth annual Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival. 96 directors will be presenting feature works at the Festival, with 38 of these filmmakers presenting...

 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has winnowed the list of feature length documentaries competing in the 79th Annual Academy Awards down to a short list of fifteen films. The titles range from Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil, a portrait of a pedophile priest to Davis Guggenheim's warning about global warming An Inconvenient Truth to the Dixie Chicks documentary Shut Up & Sing, directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck.

 The complete list of films includes: Blindsight, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Deliver Us From Evil, The Ground Truth, An Inconvenient Truth, Iraq in Fragments, Jesus Camp, Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple, My Country, My Country, Shut Up & Sing, Sisters in Law, Storm of Emotions, The Trials of Darryl Hunt, An Unreasonable Man, and The War Tapes.

NEW YORK -- The fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival celebrated a decidedly political and international selection of winners at its awards ceremony Saturday night, with three war-themed films taking top honors. Tristan Bauer's Argentine/Spanish Blessed by Fire (Iluminados por el fuego), the tale of a Falklands War soldier, won the Founders Award for best narrative feature, and Deborah Scranton's U.S. The War Tapes, featuring footage from U.S. soldiers in Iraq that presenter Ken Burns hailed for its "spellbinding brutality," took home the best documentary feature prize. The audience award went to Linda Hattendorf's The Cats of Mirikitani, the documentary tale of a homeless Japanese-American who lost family members in the Hiroshima bombings. Tribeca co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, actors Josh Lucas and Lucy Liu and New York film boosters Pat Kaufman and Katherine Oliver found the winners' names wrapped in giant fortune cookies, in synch with the event's Chinatown banquet hall locale, the Golden Bridge.

NEW YORK -- The fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival presented a decidedly political and international selection of winners at its awards ceremony Saturday night, with three war-themed films taking top honors. Tristan Bauer's Argentinian/Spanish Blessed by Fire (Iluminados por el Fuego), the tale of a Falklands War soldier, won the Founders Award for best narrative feature, and Deborah Scranton's American The War Tapes, featuring footage from U.S. soldiers in Iraq that presenter Ken Burns hailed for its "spellbinding brutality," took home the best documentary feature prize. The audience award went to Linda Hattendorf's The Cats of Mirikitani, the documentary tale of a homeless Japanese-American who lost family members in the Hiroshima bombings.

• [Pierre-Alexandre Despatis suffers for his cinema. Now covering his second edition, our official festival reporter and multi-function human cyborg will provide us the sights (plenty of cool pics!), the sounds, the reviews and the occasional interviews of the still very young 5th edition of the Tribeca film festival. Below are some of Pierre-Alexandre’s reviews in easy to read, insightful capsule form. Enjoy!] Lockdown, USASimilar in many ways to Rock The Bells, Lockdown, USA documents Russell Simmons' quest to repeal New York State's Rockefeller Drug Laws and he shows the devastating effects that such acts have had for the families of the convicted. Figures are impressive; 2M people have been locked up in jail. Michael Skolnik and Rebecca Chaiklin's documentary poignantly demonstrates by use of many charts showing how such laws are unfair and how they especially target the black and Hispanic communities. Also thought-provoking is how the filmmakers made a strong point in outlining the importance of the prison lobby in the issues; after all, they benefit from having all the cells occupied! The film's 'in your face' approach is helped with the film's hip hop music soundtrack; its authoritative narration and the powerful footage of Russell Simmons' quest are truly remarkable. Farewell BENDERRemove all the comedy and hilarious situations from American Pie,

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