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Small-town Missouri hits the big screen at SXSW Film Festival in a documentary about Branson in all of its showbiz, tourism glory. Watch videos, see the star-spangled outfits and read about the showing in this post.

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Movie review: The Gatekeepers

March 4, 2013 1:15 am by

A set of interviews with past heads of Israeli security remind viewers of the power of talk, both in peacemaking and coping with the past. This film will certainly prompt discussion about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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We know you couldn’t see every single film, but which ones did you get to?

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The panel brought together directors from several True/False movies to discuss the ethics experimentation of documentary filmmaking. Producer Signe Byrge Sorensen (The Act of Killing suggested people need better media literacy.

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Tasty food, a final film showing and last busker performance rounded out the evening.

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Movie review: Sweetgrass

March 3, 2013 5:47 pm by

Sweetgrass is directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, co-winner of the 2013 True Vision Award for Leviathan. It features ranchers herding sheep across grassy mountains, illustrating the present-day version of an old tradition.

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Movie review: Dirty Wars

March 3, 2013 3:02 pm by

Exciting and emotional, Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield follows journalist Jeremy Scahill as he travels throughout the Middle East to investigate America’s actions in the war on terror. The film features interviews with both American military officials and grieving families in Afghanistan and Yemen.

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Newbie filmmaker Tinatin Gurchiani focuses on the lives of Georgian teens and 20-somethings, which isn’t always picturesque but is definitely intriguing.

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Event recap: Gimme Truth!

March 3, 2013 9:46 am by

Saturday’s documentary game show keeps the audience guessing on which films are true and which are false.

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Husk, Hott Lunch and So Many Dynamos close out a full day of films with a raucous show at Mojo’s.

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Lizzie Wright Super Spaceship, Cindy Woolf & Mark Bilyeu and Busman’s Holiday folk around at the Blue Fugue True/Folk Saturday Happy Hour Showcase.

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Coffee’s expensive, especially when you just need it to stay awake. Whether it’s a mocha or a black coffee, our guide to the most economical coffee in Columbia will help keep you from nodding off at that screening.

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Backup singing often seems like a thankless job, but director Morgan Neville shows the heroism in standing a few feet behind the limelight.

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Movie review: The Act of Killing

March 2, 2013 11:27 pm by

A mass murderer talks candidly about his terrifying deeds and, on the whole, is nothing short of proud. The unprecedented view of the lives of mass murderers is not a film to miss.

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Movie review: These Birds Walk

March 2, 2013 11:19 pm by

Very few of us would consider running away from home as a child for real, but life is so challenging in Pakistan that many children do just that. This doc follows the story of one child in particular, and the man who runs the foundation trying to help him and other kids like him.

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Director Sebastian Junger tells the compelling tale of fellow photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who was killed during conflict in Libya in 2011. The documentary is this year’s True Life Fund film as well as a shining five-V rating from us.

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Documentaries are real, and reality TV is real, right? Well, kind of. Producers of mega-hits Jersey Shore and The Real World weigh in on how docs and realities are — and aren’t — alike.

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Vox videos of True/False

March 2, 2013 9:51 pm by

Vox has multimedia coverage of T/F events, and we’ve compiled it all here.

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Etiquette for secret screenings, brought to you by Tyler Durden.

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Check out what people are chatting about during the third day of True/False.

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