Subject: "Wrestling with Angels" Premieres on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9 PM
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P.O.V. INTERACTIVE NEWSLETTER – December 10, 2007
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** "Wrestling with Angels" Premieres on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9 PM **
** Introducing the Launch of the Brand-New P.O.V. Blog **
** P.O.V. Online Shorts Festival – Watch Films Online! **
** Community Organizers and Educators: Hold a P.O.V. Screening **
** Local P.O.V. Events & Screenings Around the Country **
** P.O.V. Site Redesign: We Need Your Help **
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* "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner" Premieres
on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9 PM *
"People who've been around Tony [Kushner] in a public setting are often surprised
at how he really touches them. Someone once described him as the ‘most
charming dissident’ around!" — Freida Lee Mock, filmmaker
Tony Kushner, whose epochal Angels in America won a Pulitzer Prize and a
Tony Award, has emerged as one of the country's leading playwrights —
and one of its fiercest moral critics. In the film "Wrestling With Angels:
Playwright Tony Kushner," Oscar-winning director Freida Lee Mock
("Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" P.O.V. 1996) followed Kushner for three
tumultuous years, from September 11, 2001 to the 2004 presidential election,
to delve into the passions that keep him reaching for the great American play.
Actresses Marcia Gay Harden, Meryl Streep, Tonya Pinkins and Emma Thompson,
directors Mike Nichols and George C. Wolfe, and writer/artist Maurice Sendak
are seen collaborating with Kushner on such landmark works as Angels in
America; Caroline, or Change and Homebody/Kabul.
"Fiercely political, deeply personal, incredibly intelligent, funny, poignant,
hopeful, and immensely spiritual, Kushner’s work is a bright shining light."
— David Courier, Sundance 2006
“You leave [Sundance] wishing that more of the movies ... shared [Tony Kushner’s]
humor, ambition, vision and dazzling braininess." — David Ansen, Newsweek.com
The WRESTLING WITH ANGELS companion website offers a streaming video
trailer of the film, an interview with filmmaker Freida Lee Mock (video, podcast and text);
a list of related Web sites, organizations and books; a discussion guide and classroom
activity; and the following special features:
Additional Video
Watch extra video not included in the film, including an extended clip from Kushner’s
commencement speech at Vassar College, a conversation with drama students at
Northwestern University and more outtakes from the TimesTalk panel featuring
Kushner, former New York Times theater critic Frank Rich, and playwrights Larry
Kramer, Terrence McNally and Paul Rudnick.
Book Excerpt
Read an essay entitled "American Things" from Kushner’s book, Thinking About the
Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness.
Check your local listings at
http://www.pbs.org/pov/tonykushner.
Download the filmmaker interview podcast.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/podcast.html
TIP: Days and times for P.O.V. broadcasts do vary, so be
sure to check local listings for dates and airtimes on your
PBS station on our website.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Introducing the Launch of the Brand-New P.O.V. Blog *
We are excited to announce the launch of the P.O.V. Blog this week
on our website. The P.O.V. staff will be blogging every weekday about
notable documentaries premiering online, in theaters and on
DVD, and offering behind-the-scenes glimpses at films in production,
exclusive Interviews with non-fiction filmmakers, and much, much more.
Through weekly features like Media Guide, Watching and Reading,
and Documentary News, you’ll find out all there is to know about the
best in independent documentary storytelling from amateur, emerging
and legendary filmmakers around the world.
Stop by, leave a comment and tell us what you what like to see us
cover. The P.O.V. site finally goes daily!
http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* P.O.V. Online Shorts Festival – Watch Films Online! *
Premiering this week: "Scaredycat"
An experimental documentary about the role fear plays in our lives,
"Scaredycat" takes as a point of departure the beating of the filmmaker
at the hands of a gang of young men who called themselves "The
Portland Riders."
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/scaredycat/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Community Organizers and Educators: Hold a P.O.V. Screening! *
We have just launched our brand new Community Events Planner.
Teachers, community organizers and PBS station outreach managers
should all use this new online planner to apply to hold P.O.V. screenings
and events.
We are currently accepting applications for events around our recent films.
View a list of the films in the P.O.V. Community Engagement Library
(http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/pdf/POV2006CEELibrary.pdf) and choose
the films you would like to plan events around.
Even if you are not planning on holding an event in the next few months,
please stop by the site and sign up for program reminders and updates
on new discussion guides, lesson plans, facilitator guides and more!
http://www.amdoc.org/outreach/events/index.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Local P.O.V. Events & Screenings Around the Country *
Local PBS stations, film festivals and community groups will
present a number of P.O.V. films in January 2008, including
2007 films “Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars," "Libby, Montana"
and "Revolution '67" in communities around the country.
Check the Amdoc/P.O.V. Outreach page for details, and for more
upcoming events near you.
http://www.amdoc.org/outreach_news.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* P.O.V. Site Redesign: We Need Your Help! *
P.O.V. is about to undertake a major site redesign in 2008, launching
our new site next summer to coincide with the launch of our 21st
season on PBS in June. And we need your help.
Are you a frequent visitor to the P.O.V. website? We want to know
what you think of the current design, and what content you find
most compelling. Send us an email if you would be willing to answer
some questions. We might even send you some free stuff!
Email us at feedback@pov.org.
Thank you!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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P.O.V. INTERACTIVE NEWSLETTER – December 10, 2007
==================================================
** "Wrestling with Angels" Premieres on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9 PM **
** Introducing the Launch of the Brand-New P.O.V. Blog **
** P.O.V. Online Shorts Festival – Watch Films Online! **
** Community Organizers and Educators: Hold a P.O.V. Screening **
** Local P.O.V. Events & Screenings Around the Country **
** P.O.V. Site Redesign: We Need Your Help **
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner" Premieres
on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9 PM *
"People who've been around Tony [Kushner] in a public setting are often surprised
at how he really touches them. Someone once described him as the ‘most
charming dissident’ around!" — Freida Lee Mock, filmmaker
Tony Kushner, whose epochal Angels in America won a Pulitzer Prize and a
Tony Award, has emerged as one of the country's leading playwrights —
and one of its fiercest moral critics. In the film "Wrestling With Angels:
Playwright Tony Kushner," Oscar-winning director Freida Lee Mock
("Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" P.O.V. 1996) followed Kushner for three
tumultuous years, from September 11, 2001 to the 2004 presidential election,
to delve into the passions that keep him reaching for the great American play.
Actresses Marcia Gay Harden, Meryl Streep, Tonya Pinkins and Emma Thompson,
directors Mike Nichols and George C. Wolfe, and writer/artist Maurice Sendak
are seen collaborating with Kushner on such landmark works as Angels in
America; Caroline, or Change and Homebody/Kabul.
"Fiercely political, deeply personal, incredibly intelligent, funny, poignant,
hopeful, and immensely spiritual, Kushner’s work is a bright shining light."
— David Courier, Sundance 2006
“You leave [Sundance] wishing that more of the movies ... shared [Tony Kushner’s]
humor, ambition, vision and dazzling braininess." — David Ansen, Newsweek.com
The WRESTLING WITH ANGELS companion website offers a streaming video
trailer of the film, an interview with filmmaker Freida Lee Mock (video, podcast and text);
a list of related Web sites, organizations and books; a discussion guide and classroom
activity; and the following special features:
Additional Video
Watch extra video not included in the film, including an extended clip from Kushner’s
commencement speech at Vassar College, a conversation with drama students at
Northwestern University and more outtakes from the TimesTalk panel featuring
Kushner, former New York Times theater critic Frank Rich, and playwrights Larry
Kramer, Terrence McNally and Paul Rudnick.
Book Excerpt
Read an essay entitled "American Things" from Kushner’s book, Thinking About the
Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness.
Check your local listings at
http://www.pbs.org/pov/tonykushner.
Download the filmmaker interview podcast.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/podcast.html
TIP: Days and times for P.O.V. broadcasts do vary, so be
sure to check local listings for dates and airtimes on your
PBS station on our website.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Introducing the Launch of the Brand-New P.O.V. Blog *
We are excited to announce the launch of the P.O.V. Blog this week
on our website. The P.O.V. staff will be blogging every weekday about
notable documentaries premiering online, in theaters and on
DVD, and offering behind-the-scenes glimpses at films in production,
exclusive Interviews with non-fiction filmmakers, and much, much more.
Through weekly features like Media Guide, Watching and Reading,
and Documentary News, you’ll find out all there is to know about the
best in independent documentary storytelling from amateur, emerging
and legendary filmmakers around the world.
Stop by, leave a comment and tell us what you what like to see us
cover. The P.O.V. site finally goes daily!
http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* P.O.V. Online Shorts Festival – Watch Films Online! *
Premiering this week: "Scaredycat"
An experimental documentary about the role fear plays in our lives,
"Scaredycat" takes as a point of departure the beating of the filmmaker
at the hands of a gang of young men who called themselves "The
Portland Riders."
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/scaredycat/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Community Organizers and Educators: Hold a P.O.V. Screening! *
We have just launched our brand new Community Events Planner.
Teachers, community organizers and PBS station outreach managers
should all use this new online planner to apply to hold P.O.V. screenings
and events.
We are currently accepting applications for events around our recent films.
View a list of the films in the P.O.V. Community Engagement Library
(http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/pdf/POV2006CEELibrary.pdf) and choose
the films you would like to plan events around.
Even if you are not planning on holding an event in the next few months,
please stop by the site and sign up for program reminders and updates
on new discussion guides, lesson plans, facilitator guides and more!
http://www.amdoc.org/outreach/events/index.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Local P.O.V. Events & Screenings Around the Country *
Local PBS stations, film festivals and community groups will
present a number of P.O.V. films in January 2008, including
2007 films “Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars," "Libby, Montana"
and "Revolution '67" in communities around the country.
Check the Amdoc/P.O.V. Outreach page for details, and for more
upcoming events near you.
http://www.amdoc.org/outreach_news.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* P.O.V. Site Redesign: We Need Your Help! *
P.O.V. is about to undertake a major site redesign in 2008, launching
our new site next summer to coincide with the launch of our 21st
season on PBS in June. And we need your help.
Are you a frequent visitor to the P.O.V. website? We want to know
what you think of the current design, and what content you find
most compelling. Send us an email if you would be willing to answer
some questions. We might even send you some free stuff!
Email us at feedback@pov.org.
Thank you!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Want to submit a news item for consideration in the P.O.V. newsletter?
Send news to news@pov.org. For information about subscribing and
unsubscribing, please see instructions below.
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new address to our list!
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However, we encourage you to forward it. We grant you
permission to re-publish and further distribute this message in
its complete form only.
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the P.O.V. design are registered trademarks of American
Documentary, Inc. All rights reserved.
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