To beg for leniency, defense attorneys are producing entire documentaries for an audience of one: the judge. (Embedding Disabled, Click Thru to Play)
In our announcement Tuesday I mentioned my skepticism in finding any of the Short Film Oscar nominees online, but you, our readers, did not share my defeatist attitude and unearthed a couple! Thanks go out to Hans and Sam, now you can watch one film from each of the 3 short film categories: Documentary Short Subject, Short Film (Live-Action) and Short Film (Animation). Follow Short of the Week on Facebook [caption id="attachment_4586" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Click to Watch"][/caption] Documentary Short SubjectThe Warriors of Quigang: A Chinese Village Fights Back In Quigang, a tiny hamlet of 1,900 people, a nearby chemical plant is polluting the land and water.
At a crisis center in late 1971, a freshly minted counselor on the late shift takes his first call: a suicidal teenager whose parents won’t let her come home for Christmas. The call exposes truths about each that lead to a surprising conclusion.
In 1963, JFK recorded one of the most foul-mouthed telephone calls ever made from the White House. This is the story of the silly bastard who started it all.
On a family trip to observe the shooting stars, Chloé, a withdrawn teenager, discovers a dazzling attraction for her mother’s new boyfriend.
Nzingha Prescod has a chance to become the first African-American woman to win an individual medal in women's foil fencing in the history of the sport at this year's Summer Olympics in Rio.
A handful of Brits explore the challenges they’ve encountered with their non-Western names and celebrate how they express who they are.
I was reading NewTeeVee recently and their weekend question caught my attention: How Much is a Movie Worth? The standard now seems to be $.99 rental, $4.
Esther Niemeier's 30-min doc 'Tracing Addai' follows the journey of a young German man and his decision to join the Jihad - told by the people he left behind
