Photo: Marion Barry hits the SilverDocs after-party. Credit: J. Deseo/SSP.
The SilverDocs film fest might be over, but tell that to Marion Barry.
The District’s ”mayor for life” made an appearance at the AFI Silver Theatre Saturday night for a screening of “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry”, a documentary on high times and low lights at City Hall. (more…)
Photo: From "Bronx Princess" (2008). Courtesy of SilverDocs.
The United States is populated with hyphenated people — Asian-American, African-American, Muslim-American, blah blah blah. The suffix identifies what we are: citizens (or at least residents) of this country. The prefix identifies who we are, the culture with which we most closely relate. (more…)
Photo: Plane spotters in "Plane Days" (2008). Courtesy of SilverDocs.
For better or worse, humans are big on manipulating the environment. We construct buildings and plant lawns where none existed before. Flipping the script, these constructed environments manipulate humans to either conform or rebel. The SilverDocs shorties program “City[e]scapes” tries to capture that conflict, with varying degrees of success. (more…)
Hollywood — or at least Cleveland — descended on Silver Spring Monday night when a documentary on pro basketballer LeBron James opened the SilverDocs film festival.
The 6-foot, 8-inch Cleveland Cavaliers forward hit the AFI Silver Theatre on Colesville Road for a 7:00 p.m. screening of “More Than a Game” (2008). The film, directed by Kristopher Belman, spells out the ebb and flow of James and four high-school teammates. It rolls again on Sunday as the documentary-film fest wraps.
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Updated Jun 16, 2009, at 3:05 p.m.
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