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SILVERDOCS: Day Five

Sunday, June 22, 03:10 p.m.


 

Day Five of SILVERDOCS 2008 brought special guests, award announcements, and the Closing Night film THEATER OF WAR.

Saturday exploded with live performances and events.  Athletes vying for a spot on the US Homeless World Cup team held an exhibition soccer match following yesterday’s screening of KICKING IT.  US ...

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SILVERDOCS: Day Four

Saturday, June 21, 03:16 a.m.


 

Friday at SILVERDOCS welcomed music and crowds, as a Douglass High School Marching Band performance and free outdoor screening of WHAT'S HAPPENING! THE BEATLES IN THE U.S.A. packed the Silver Plaza. HERB & DOROTHY also drew excited fans to see the renowned modern art collectors headlining the film ...

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SILVERDOCS: Day Three

Friday, June 20, 02:06 a.m.

Spike Lee

Day Three at SILVERDOCS brought big guests and big crowds, with appearances from Spike Lee and Sheila C. Johnson.

Named for the four-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, the Symposium honors a filmmaker whose work captures current events, frames history and inspires audiences.

The 2008 Guggenheim Symposium celebrated award-winning director ...

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SILVERDOCS: Day Two

Thursday, June 19, 01:43 a.m.


 

The magic of SILVERDOCS continued with a panel featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner James Orbinski, an exciting crowd for Alex Gibney's GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON, and a free screening of Spike Lee's 4 LITTLE GIRLS.

Filmmaker Patrick Reed presented TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI ...

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SILVERDOCS: Day One

Tuesday, June 17, 11:03 p.m.


 

SILVERDOCS Day One welcomed therapeutic robots, Holocaust survivors, American banjo virtuoso, Béla Fleck, and General Wesley Clark - and it’s only getting better! 

THROW DOWN YOUR HEART, directed by Sascha Paladino, followed Béla Fleck, the American banjo virtuoso, travels to Africa to explore the little-known roots of the ...

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