UC Berkeley NewsCenter » documentary http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Berkeley grad looks to Burma to complete film on ‘art as a weapon’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/berkeley-grad-sees-the-light/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/berkeley-grad-sees-the-light/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:27:08 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=20863 Berkeley grad looks to Burma to complete film on ‘art as a weapon’Jeff Durkin, a 1999 College of Environmental Design graduate, fell in love with filmmaking more than a decade ago. Now he's hoping to get to the Thailand border to explore the connections between "street art, Buddhism and democracy" in Burma.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/berkeley-grad-sees-the-light/feed/ 0 Forum on breaking the cycle of violence to draw experts, producer of “The Interrupters” documentary film http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/breaking-the-violence-cycle-panel/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/breaking-the-violence-cycle-panel/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:02:25 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=15003 Forum on breaking the cycle of violence to draw experts, producer of “The Interrupters” documentary filmNew ways to prevent or reduce community violence will be the topic of a Tuesday, Sept. 6 public forum with University of California, Berkeley, experts in education, public health and social welfare joining local leaders and the producer of a critically acclaimed documentary about breaking the cycle of violence.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/breaking-the-violence-cycle-panel/feed/ 0 Aldo Leopold documentary premieres at Berkeley http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/24/greenfire/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/24/greenfire/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:18:17 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=6339 Aldo Leopold documentary premieres at BerkeleyThe life and contributions of wildlife ecology pioneer Aldo Leopold are showcased in a new documentary, "Green Fire," which gets its West Coast premiere Monday at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive theater in a screening co-sponsored by the campus's Sagehen Creek Field Station.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/24/greenfire/feed/ 0 Fab Four headline at North Gate http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/10/maddayout/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/10/maddayout/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:12:39 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://ucbnews.org/newsdb/?p=947 Fab Four headline at North Gate"Mad Day Out," an exhibit of 25 never-before-exhibited photographs of the Beatles taken at random London locations one day in July 1968]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/10/maddayout/feed/ 0 43 years after ‘Titicut Follies,’ it’s Berkeley, the movie http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/09/14/wiseman/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/09/14/wiseman/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:12:53 +0000 Barry Bergman http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1479 43 years after ‘Titicut Follies,’ it’s Berkeley, the movieWith dozens of documentaries under his belt, Frederick Wiseman has found that "when you turn the camera off, the interesting thing will happen." That, in part, is why he plans to shoot some 250 hours of film for his exploration of life at Berkeley. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/09/14/wiseman/feed/ 0 Exposé on Mexican justice system produced by two Berkeley grad students to air July 27 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/26/presumedguilty/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/26/presumedguilty/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:09:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1889 On Tuesday, July 27, the PBS POV documentary series will air "Presumed Guilty", a riveting examination of the Mexican judicial system created by UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy doctoral candidates Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/26/presumedguilty/feed/ 0 Two lawyers with cameras help rehabilitate Mexican ‘justice’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:34:55 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1928 Two lawyers with cameras help rehabilitate Mexican ‘justice’While studying for their PhDs in public policy, lawyers Layda Negrete and Roberto Hernández made a film about one man's encounter with Mexico's deeply flawed criminal-justice system. Their new doc, "Presumed Guilty," debuted recently at the 21st International Documentary Film Festival, in Amsterdam, where audiences rated it among their 10 favorite entries. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice/feed/ 0 “Presumed Guilty”: The story of one man — and a deeply flawed system http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice-lg/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice-lg/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:37 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2088 “Presumed Guilty”: The story of one man — and a deeply flawed systemIn this scene from their documentary “Presumed Guilty,” Toño displays his breakdance skills and Hernández coaches Toño over the telephone on how best to defend himself in court proceedings.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice-lg/feed/ 0