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Fight the Empire on 03/04/10

Airs at: Thu, 03/04/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng interviews Michael Klare, author of "Resource Wars." Klare suggests to James Cameron what his next Avatar film should be, a 2144 prequel set on a resource-ravaged planet Earth -- Michael Klare, "Avatar:  The Prequel, Will Earth's Last Stand Sweep the 2013 ... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 02/11/10

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Bruce Silverman and Jay Thiemeyer hosts a special look at this year's Portland International Film Festival, which begins today. CD-1552 Read more

Between the Covers on 10/01/09

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2009 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ed Goldberg interviews local film critic and writer Shawn Levy about his book "Paul Newman: A Life." CD-2092   Read more

Food Show on 06/17/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2009 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
  The season of bounty (ripe strawberries, shelling peas, cherries) is upon us. But you may lose your appetite after seeing Food, Inc., the new documentary that exposes how industrial agriculture has tainted our food supply. You'll never care to eat Smithfield ham, Tyson c... Read more

Radiozine on 6/11/09

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
The new award-winning documentary film "The Garden" opens at the Hollywood Theatre this week. The film follows the inspiring struggle of a large, vibrant community garden in South Central Los Angeles, which arose as a place of healing after the L.A. Riots in 1992. A backroo... Read more

Don Hertzfeldt on Words & Pictures

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Hosts S.W. Conser and Bill Dodge sit down with Don Hertzfeldt, award-winning filmmaker and co-founder (along with Mike Judge) of the touring festival The Animation Show. A young animator who embraces the pre-digital tools and techniques of the previous century, Don plunges ... Read more

Radiozine on 1/15/09

Airs at: Thu, 01/15/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Per Fagereng speaks with Alan Rosenblith, director of "The Money Fix," a documentary film exploring different aspects of money creation. The Money Fix - World Premiere The Money Fix is an OFFICIAL SELECTION of the 2009 BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, where it will make ... Read more

The Amazing Bruce Bickford

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
For more than 40 years, maverick stop-motion animator Bruce Bickford has been constructing dreamlike landscapes and bringing them to life, gaining notoriety in the 1970's as the fertile mind behind the Frank Zappa films Baby Snakes and The Amazing Mister Bickford. The subje... Read more

UPA Retrospective

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Words & Pictures celebrates 65 years of the UPA animation studio with rare audio clips and stories from the people who were there.  Guest Jack Heiter helped animate Mister Magoo, Roger Ramjet, and the forgotten 1960's classic Gay Purr-ee; and animation historian Tee Bosusto... Read more

Movie Moles: "Killer of Sheep"

Airs at: Sun, 06/15/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Killer of Sheep, directed by Charles Burnett, is a  film about life in Watts in the early 1970s, one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time according to the National Society of Film Critics.  It's now out on DVD.   Frann Michel and Denise Morris tell us about it.    Read more