Lately I've been focusing on a double feature-based format with this column, but this week I'm concentrating solely on Mark Hopkins' Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders. Two reasons for this: one, I'm unaware of another documentary quite like it; and two, it's such a great film that it deserves its own spotlight. I'm also breaking up the structure of Doc Talk a bit in order to engage readers a little more. Because the main reason this column exists is to get people more interested in documentary in general and to recommend films I believe Cinematical readers will appreciate and possibly even enjoy. And, of course, maybe you'll want to talk about the docs, with me and with other readers, after trying them out.
About the Film
Living in Emergency is, as I mentioned above, like nothing I've seen before. Hopkins, a former assistant to producer Scott Rudin...
About the Film
Living in Emergency is, as I mentioned above, like nothing I've seen before. Hopkins, a former assistant to producer Scott Rudin...
- 6/3/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
NEW YORK -- Indie film banner ThinkFilm has reached a deal for domestic distribution rights to helmer George Butler's upcoming documentary Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry. Butler, who chronicled a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1970 film Pumping Iron, has trained his cameras on the Democratic presidential candidate. The film center's on Kerry's life, particularly his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam and his subsequent anti-war activism. It will open in limited release Oct. 1 after premiering next month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Upriver is loosely based on Doug Brinkley's book Tour of Duty and includes footage and photos taken by Butler throughout a 35-year friendship with Kerry.
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