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Sundance Selects “ANITA” for Festival Documentary Premiers

5 months ago

Most than 20 years after scandal, sexual harassment case gets yet another look

The Sundance Film Festival has announced it will premier “ANITA,” a documentary film about the sexual harassment scandal that marred the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Freida Lee Mock directed feature explores the role African American lawyer and university professor Anita Hill played in “bringing sexual politics into the national consciousness and fueling 20 years of international debate on the issues,” according to the Sundance description of the film. Documentary films on former vice president Dick Cheney’s career in politics and the story of WikiLeaks are included in Sundance’s 11-film selection. (POLITICO)

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Beyonce To Debut ‘Personal’ HBO Documentary in Feb.

5 months ago

Raw, behind-the-scenes video and performances expected in self-directed film

HBO is set to help Beyonce make her artist documentary debut next year. On Monday, the premium cable network announced it will air a self-directed film about the Grammy-winning singer on Feb. 16, 2013. The documentary will include footage Beyonce shot herself with her laptop. HBO says the film will also include “video that provides raw, unprecedented access to the private entertainment icon and high-voltage performances.” The project does not yet have a title. The 31-year-old former Destiny’s Child front woman will perform at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3, a little more than a week before the documentary airs. (Associated Press)

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O.J. Didn’t Do It? Documentary Suggests ‘Serial Killer’ Did

6 months ago

Discovery Channel documentary profiles serial killer who knew Nicole Brown Simpson

A documentary about an inmate on death row in Florida suggests the convicted killer was involved in the murder of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife. In “My Brother the Serial Killer,” scheduled to air on Investigation Discovery channel at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time on Wednesday, the family of “serial killer” Glen Rogers confirms he met Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994 when he was living in Southern California. A criminal profiler in the film says he received painting by Rogers with clues linking him to Nicole’s murder and the murder of her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Associated Press)

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