Barbara Kopple Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/barbara-kopple/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:18:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Barbara Kopple Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/barbara-kopple/ 32 32 JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/carter-rock-roll-president/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:53:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33302

(Mary Wharton’s doc Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President is available now on VOD via greenwich Entertainment. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Pity our nation’s […]

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]]> DOC NYC Announces 2022 Lineup https://www.hammertonail.com/features/doc-nyc-2022-lineup/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:50:43 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38160

America’s largest documentary festival is coming back to New York! DOC NYC has announced its lineup for its thirteenth edition. Over 200 films will screen from almost two dozen sections. Those films will also include yet-to-be-announced Oscar Short List titles. […]

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]]> A Conversation with Barbara Kopple (DESERT ONE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/barbara-kopple/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:37:26 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33257

I recently spoke by phone with famed documentarian Barbara Kopple (Miss Sharon Jones!) about her new film, Desert One (which I also reviewed), which brings us back to 1980 and President Jimmy Carter’s failed attempt to free the Iranian-held U.S. […]

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]]> DESERT ONE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/desert-one/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:56:49 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33247

(Renowned director Barbara Kopple’s latest film, Desert One drops online Friday, August 21 via Greenwich Entertainment. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) For 444 days, from […]

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]]> THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/gigi-gorgeous-doc-review/ Thu, 02 Mar 2017 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27630

This level of intimacy is disconcerting, but it's also charming, and more importantly, that lack of boundaries is what defines Gigi and explains her iconic status for her generation.

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]]> Jim Brunzell’s 2017 Sundance Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/brunzell-2017-sundance-wrap/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:26:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27508 The 2017 Sundance Film Festival was in full swing from the moment upon arriving in Park City, UT, the crowds were slowly clogging up the sidewalks, cars driving from Kearns Blvd to Main Street were bumper to bumper and buses […]

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]]> Chris Reed’s AFI DOCS Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/chris-reeds-afi-docs-wrap-up/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26776 The American Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1967 “as a national arts organization to train filmmakers and preserve America’s vanishing film heritage.” As such, it has been a wonderful archivist of, and proselytizer for, great American contributions to global […]

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]]> FOUR DAYS IN OCTOBER https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/four-days-in-october-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/four-days-in-october-film-review/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6470

Hey Yankees fans, wanna revisit the 2004 ALCS when your hated rival the Boston Red Sox made a historic comeback from 0-3 to beat you in game 7? Then this is the film for you! Ahahahahahaha!!!

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/four-days-in-october-film-review/feed/ 2 A Conversation With AJ Schnack and Nate Truesdell (CONVENTION) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-aj-schnack-and-nate-truesdell-convention/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-aj-schnack-and-nate-truesdell-convention/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:16:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4857 When the world converged on Denver, Colorado, in late August of 2008 for the Democratic National Convention, it was projected to be the most memorable and historic in American history. Seizing the moment, filmmaker AJ Schnack and his main collaborators […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-aj-schnack-and-nate-truesdell-convention/feed/ 1 2010 Cinema Eye Honors: Tully’s POV https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/2010-cinema-eye-honors-tullys-pov/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:14:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=8 Friday night at The Times Center in midtown Manhattan, the documentary community gathered for the third annual Cinema Eye Honors to toast the best nonfiction filmmaking of 2009. The room was packed with familiar names and faces, featuring several living […]

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