News for April 2014

The Trials of Muhammad Ali premieres Monday as first ever PBS online interactive broadcast

April 10, 2014
"Every life is valuable and everyone's story is mighty, but not everyone packs a punch like Ali." - Bill Siegel. On Monday, April 14 at 10pmET/9C The Trials of Muhammad Ali will have its television broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens. In an (continued …)

Honorable homecoming for American Arab

April 9, 2014
Last weekend the Chicago Underground Film Festival hosted the Chicago premiere of American Arab as their closing night film, with director Usama Alshaibi present. Later, the film was announced as the recipient of an "honorable mention" from the CUFF (continued …)

In-progress Unbroken Glass takes an organic approach to outreach

April 9, 2014
You never knew her normal self. If you see broken glass… you never think about the beautiful thing it was before. It’s just broken glass. Dinesh Sabu is currently in post-production of his first feature length documentary, Unbroken Glass. As he puts (continued …)

Steve James reflects on the anniversary of Roger Ebert's death

April 3, 2014
April 4th marks the one year anniversary of the death of Roger Ebert. At Kartemquin this sad event left us stunned and shocked, both because we were still in production on Life Itself, and because Roger Ebert had been a champion of our work since (continued …)

"People need to be able to feel like they're complicated." - Usama Alshaibi on American Arab

April 2, 2014
Ahead of the film's Chicago premiere at Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) on April 6th, American Arab director Usama Alshaibi has been in the local press talking about the film's exploration of race, identity and cultural stereotypes, and (continued …)

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