More than 65 years after it was suppressed by the Army, a powerful and controversial John Huston documentary about soldiers suffering from the psychological wounds of war has been restored by the National Archives and debuts Thursday on the Web. Read full article > >

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Exhaustive as it was, the American Master’s documentary “ Johnny Carson: King of Late Night ” on PBS Monday left out one of Carson’s favorite guests. She was my great-grandmother, Mildred Holt. I suppose it’s a forgivable oversight. The stooped, frail-looking woman in a powder-blue dress was neither a celebrity nor a newsmaker when she appeared on “The Tonight Show” in August 1987 . She was just a little old lady from a tiny town in Kansas—and by old, I mean historic. She was 105 at the time. But she had all her marbles, as well as a fierce, straight-shooting wit, and that was enough for Carson. Read full article > >

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“The more we know, the more likely we are to do the right things.” That’s scientist and researcher Peter Gleick, speaking toward the end of “Last Call at the Oasis,” a galvanizing documentary about water and its impending urgencies — the harrowing lack of it and the deadly contamination of what remains. Read full article > >

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Essay: Participant Media invents an activist aesthetic

Here at the Riverside Recreation Center in the Deanwood neighborhood of Ward 7, Ricky McNeill, Michael Samuels and Vernon Peterson are primed on documentary filmmaking 101. Ellie Walton and her assistant, Marley Moynahan, want to put the camera in their hands. They’ve assembled the trio for a brainstorming session about how best to approach store owners about job prospects for ward residents. Read full article > >

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Ellie Walton, documentary filmmaker and D.C. native, turns a wide lens on her city

African Cats is a documentary that follows the lives of a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs.

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Discovery Channel might have Robert Redford, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Ben Bradlee reminiscing about the Watergate scandal and Redford-starring vehicle, “All the President’s Men” in a two-hour Redford-produced documentary airing in 2013. Read full article > >

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‘Nixon’s the One’ for British network

In a country filled with weight loss reality shows and outsized fast food combos, the omnipresence of food insecurity and hunger in the United States might come as a shock to some. According to the USDA, 50 million people, or 16.6 percent of Americans, live in households at risk of hunger. The Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, now puts food on the table for one in seven Americans. A family of three (one adult, two kids) earning more than $23,900 would not be eligible for food stamps. The new documentary, “Hunger Hits Home,” explores the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the parents, children, anti-hunger activists, educators and politicians on the front lines of the battle. The film, which premieres April 14, is part of Food Network's ongoing partnership with Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. Here's what's at stake in our own backyard and beyond. Living on food stamps and charitable assistance The food stamp challenge results: eating on $30 a week Could you live on $30 a week? 5 Shocking statistics about hunger Witnesses to Hunger: A portrait of food insecurity in America Childhood malnutrition has long lasting effects Criticism aside, food stamp program is “an essential lifeline” for 46 million people “A time of record need” for food insecure Lawmakers eat on a food stamp budget School lunch as a lifeline When school's out for summer, stomachs grumble In Kenya, when school is out, children face starvation Hungry at the holidays Feeding “motel kids” Celebrity chefs pitching in Tom Colicchio talks childhood hunger Eric Ripert – Feeding the needy with fancy fish Michel Nischan talks fixing a broken food system and helping out fishing families in the Gulf Starvation in Somalia What starvation feels like The funny sounding nut paste that's saving children's lives in Somalia “Feed the world's children. This, we should be able to do.” Catch up on all Eatocracy coverage of hunger and food deserts From our fellow food sites: FN Dish: 4 Ways to Take Action Against Childhood Hunger Today EatingWell: 6 Inspiring People Who Are Fighting Hunger BlogHer Food: Poor Girl on SNAP: Using EBT at the Farmers' Market Food52: A Day in the Life at Share Our Strength GMA.com: Fight Hunger With These 5 Charities Cooking Channel: Join the Great American Bake Sale Food Republic: Joining Bloggers to Take on Hunger YumSugar: 5 Ways to Fight World Hunger Beyond Donating Money

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Focus on hunger and hope

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‘Bully’ Wins PG-13 Rating

A documentary about bullying wins a battle to have the film’s rating lowered, after reaching a compromise with the US film classification board.

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Before filmmaker Lee Hirsch began shooting the documentary “Bully,” he walked into a school board meeting in Sioux City, Iowa, and asked for permission to film students and staff for months — while retaining full editorial control. Read full article > >

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Why a bullied student, a parent and a school official opened their lives to filmmaker

Before filmmaker Lee Hirsch began shooting the documentary “Bully,” he walked into a school board meeting in Sioux City, Iowa, and asked for permission to film students and staff for months — while retaining full editorial control. Read full article > >

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Movie star Robert Redford says documentary films are taking the place of print journalism, blaming a decline in reporting standards at newspapers.

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Redford: Newspapers ‘in decline’

For Mike Daisey , the show apparently must go on. The once-acclaimed storyteller — now under fire for fabricating key parts of his scorching monologue about the lives of Apple’s factory workers in China — kept a long-scheduled appointment to speak Monday night at Georgetown University. Read full article > >

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For Mike Daisey , the show apparently must go on. The once-acclaimed storyteller — now under fire for fabricating key parts of his scorching monologue about the lives of Apple’s factory workers in China — kept a long-scheduled appointment to speak Monday night at Georgetown University. Read full article > >

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She’s producing a documentary instead.

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Sharron Angle Won’t Run for Office