documentary

Two film students capture beat of Mozambique
By Zoe Mintz
April 9, 2012 - 4:30pm
Budding Newhouse School documentarians reflect on their music-filled adventure in Mozambique.

Before June 2011, Mike Armour, a Syracuse University television, radio and film senior, had never crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

Armour's high school buddy, Josh Eisenfield, also a television, radio and film senior, had an idea to film a documentary in Mozambique about a local band who uses music to educate the masses on hygiene and water sanitation. Eisenfield envisioned Armour as someone he could both trust and put up with for the 35-day adventure.  

Illuminating Oppression Enlightens Audiences
By Amy Brueckman
September 19, 2011 - 8:27am
Review: Three day film festival illuminates important issues and gets the audience talking

We saw enemies coming together and standing side by side for the same cause. We identified with the people of San Francisco when a deadly virus claimed the lives of thousands in a once carefree community. We sympathized with the victims of displacement.

Movie on pressures of school hits home for parents
By Adam Feldfogel
December 8, 2010 - 5:04pm
A documentary about the downside of children spending most of their lives resume-building makes an impact on parents.

A new documentary called "Race to Nowhere" takes a look at the consistent pressures on children growing up.  It documents the "kindergarten-to-Harvard steeplechase" that kids face.  The film shows what happens when schools give kids hours of homework each night, coaches make sports into year-round obligations, and kids rarely have time to "be kids."

Carmelo says time at Syracuse was the best of his life
By Marquise Francis
October 26, 2010 - 12:22pm
A new documentary about the life of basketball superstar and former Syracuse standout Carmelo Anthony explains his love for New York and how his past has shaped where he is today.

Carmelo Anthony will call home this coming and next NBA season, a new documentary due out next week helps to explain Anthony's love for New York and what he would like to do in the future. The DVD entitled, 'Carmelo's Way' includes everything from Anthony's adolescence to his adult life today.

Michael Moore's latest, "Capitalism," will find its audience
By Adam D'Arpino
October 2, 2009 - 5:59pm
Michael Moore's takes on the financial crisis in "Capitalism: A Love Story."

Michael Moore stands outside of the AIG building in his trademark baseball cap and thick-rimmed glasses with a megaphone in hand. “I’m here to make a citizen’s arrest,” he declares before storming into a lavishly adorned lobby, only to be accosted by security and forced to leave.

"It Might Get Loud" now playing in Manlius
By Tamara Vallejos
September 25, 2009 - 11:09am
The documentary by Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") is an ode to the electric guitar, starring Jack White, Jimmy Page and U2's The Edge.

If you're looking for something rockin' to do this weekend, a mosey over to Manlius might fit the bill. The Manlius Art Cinema will begin screening Davis Guggenheim's documentary "It Might Get Loud" tonight, with showings running until October 1.