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Filmmakers expose US covert operations around the world

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:40:32 +0000

In the past few months, a trio of documentary films and the feature film Zero Dark Thirty have given viewers an inside look at counterterrorism and covert warfare. The films coincide with a growing international scrutiny of drone strikes — a new type of targeted killing that’s been the centerpiece of U.S. counterintelligence strategy since Barack Obama became president.

How some filmmakers evade censorship in former Soviet states

Rehman Tungekar — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:25:28 +0000

During the True/False Documentary Film Festival in Columbia, directors from around the world gather to screen their films and talk about their craft.

Did you miss Ushio Shinohara box a canvas at True/False this year? Check this out

Scott Pham — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:37:08 +0000

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'Cutie and the Boxer' tells an unconventional story about love, but not a love story

Ryan Famuliner — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:41:21 +0000

This story is part of True/False Conversations, a series of in-depth interviews with the filmmakers of this year’s True/False Festival. Find the rest of them here or download the podcast on iTunes.

Ushio Shinohara was a “rowdy, confrontational" young artist, seemed destined for fame after moving to New York City in the late 1960’s. He hung out with Warhol. He’d been part of Japan’s post-war avant-garde movement, most well-known as the “boxing painter,” for his exhibitionist art where he would dip his cloth-bound hands in ink, and punch his way down a canvas. But his full potential was never realized.

"Computer Chess" is the dawn of the digital age

Scott Pham — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:18:01 +0000

In 1997, a computer beat a human at chess for the first time. Gary Kasparov was reputedly the best chess player of his time but an IBM program named Deep Blue wore him down. It was a landmark moment for technology and is one of the seminal moments of the digital age. Director Andrew Bujalski, most famous for inaugurating the “Mumblecore” genre in the 1990s—wanted to find the root of that moment, and it took him to the obscure nerd culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

How True/False has evolved over the years

Rehman Tungekar — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:49:20 +0000

Watch the show and join the conversation on the Intersection website.

Audio postcard: Meter maids at the March March Parade

Harum Helmy — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:22:04 +0000

What happens when four self-proclaimed parking violators get together for True/False Film Festival's annual March March Parade? They get dressed up as meter maids. The theme for this year's festival is "the influencing machine," and the four women picked parking meters as their chosen apparatuses. Ann Breidenbach, Jacquelyn Sandone, Barbie Reid and Elizabeth Bergman say they want to remind out-of-town filmgoers to watch out for parking tickets. KBIA's Harum Helmy bring us an audio postcard from this year's parade.

Documentary filmmakers define their role

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:05:26 +0000

Documentary filmmakers, like journalists, seek to capture true stories in their work.

Making movies in mid-Missouri

Rehman Tungekar — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:30:00 +0000

Watch the show and join the conversation on the Intersection website.