[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Mediamatters] Weekly Update for March 2, 2008

[Jenifer Cartwright]

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Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:   To: mediamatters at lists.prairienet.org
From: Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:37:29 -0600
Subject: [Mediamatters] Weekly Update for March 2, 2008

Welcome to another edition of the WILL-AM Media Matters email update!

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
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This week our guest is Alex Gibney, 2008 Academy Award winner for 
Best Documentary Feature for his film Taxi to the Dark Side. Gibney 
received his first Academy Award nomination for "Enron: The Smartest 
Guys in the Room," which he wrote, produced and directed. Taxi to the 
Dark Side, which was filmed in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and 
various U.S. locations, is Gibney's directorial follow-up to "Enron" 
and made its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, where 
it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.

At the Sundance Film Festival this year, Gibney premiered another 
documentary feature he directed about Hunter Thomspon entitled 
"Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson" and which will 
be released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures.

Taxi to the Dark Side is an investigation into the reckless abuse of 
power by the Bush Administration. By probing the homicide of an 
innocent taxi driver at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, the 
film exposes a worldwide policy of detention and interrogation that 
condones torture and the abrogation of human rights.

UPCOMING GUESTS
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Upcoming guests include Greg Mitchell, Mark Weisbrot (16 March), FCC 
Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein (23 March), Patrick Cockburn, Joseph 
Stiglitz.

LAST WEEK'S SHOW
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Last week our guest was Glen Ford, executive director of Black Agenda 
Report.

http://www.blackagendareport.com


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