2/17/13

Searching for Bootstraps for Pulling Up

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights, Monday on PBS’s “Independent Lens,” revisits the contributions of a less-celebrated member, Whitney M. Young Jr.

— New York Times

2/15/13

Whitney Young Documentary to Debut on PBS

A new film takes a look at the civil rights influencer who shook up the corporate world, while drawing the ire of the Black Power movement

— Ebony

2/13/13

Documentary spotlights civil rights pioneer

The Powerbrokerfeatures Whitney Young and his work behind scenes

— Chicago Tribune

2/12/13

PBS To Air Wonder Women! Documentary On DC's Superheroine In April

Director Kristy Guevava-Flanagan's April 15 documentary on PBS, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroinesi, will shine a spotlight on the history of the character and her pop culture influence. Plus: Lindsay Wagner and Linda Carter!

— MTV

2/07/13

Soul Food Junkies: Finally a Food Film That Doesn't Preach!

This is not just another food film. It is a heartfelt story of family and community. It is also a trenchant ethnography that unpacks the role of Soul Food in the historical resistance of African Americans to slavery, Jim Crow and modern-day racism.

— Huffington Post

2/06/13

Kimberly Garrison: Unhealthy family inspires director to film expose on Soul Food Junkies

More than a documentary, Soul Food explores a son's deep love for his father, who refused to abandon the culinary tradition's high-fat and calorie-heavy dishes even when his health was threatened.

— Philadelphia Inquirer

1/29/13

TV review: The Revisionaries offers a solid lesson on an important national controversy

Texas, U.S.' biggest school book buyer, throws its weight around on science and social studies curricula

— New York Daily News

1/27/13

Sundance 2013: The documentary wrap

As the 2013 Sundance Film Festival draws to a close, realscreen offers a comprehensive round-up of this year’s deal-laden event, with all the key documentary news from the past 11 days.

— Realscreen

1/24/13

“Bully,” “Interrupters,” “Never Sorry” win duPont-Columbia Awards

Steve James’s The Interrupters , Lee Hirsch’s Bully and Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry are among the feature docs to win Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards this year.

— Realscreen

1/15/13

Whitney Young: Civil Rights Hero

Bonnie Boswell Radio Interview on 720 WGN Radio in Chicago

— WGN Radio