Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying “drop-out factories” and “academic sinkholes,” methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. Written by Sundance Film Festival
CORPORATE ISSUES
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – R
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife’s murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
BLOOD DIAMONDS
NATIONALÂ GEOGRAPHIC AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL
Long a symbol of love, affection and faithfulness, the diamond is now increasingly linked with war, blood and brutality. In the diamond-rich West African nation of Sierra Leone, rebels used the precious gems to bankroll a violent ten-year insurrection, leaving a terrorized population and a ravaged landscape in its wake. National Geographic correspondents follow the trail of illicit diamonds from their origin in the muddy pits of impoverished Sierra Leone, to the pristine cobblestone streets of Antwerp, Belgium, to their final stop in the glittering display cases of New York’s finest jewelry stores.
INDEPENDENT AMERICA
http://www.independentamerica.net Watch a 6 minute preview of the acclaimed documentary “Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop.” It’s the story of married filmmakers Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes as they drive 13,000 miles across America’s backroads to document the growing insurgency against corporate retail.
CITIZEN KANE
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.