Tag Archives: Documentary Film

ALICE EMBREE/ DOCUMENTARY FILM / The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Alice Embree

By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2025 Cross-posted from Alice Embree’s Substack. The documentary portrait of folk and protest singer Barbara Dane will be shown twice in Austin. A post-screening Q&A with director Maureen Gosling and … Continue reading →

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RICHARD CROXDALE / ABORTION RIGHTS / Lone Star Three

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

By Richard Croxdale / The Rag Blog / August 21, 2025 [This article was originally published at People’s History in Texas (PHIT) and was cross-posted to The Rag Blog. The Lone Star Three will be featured on Rag Radio, Friday, … Continue reading →

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ALLEN YOUNG | DOCUMENTARY FILM | ‘Surviving the Silence’: An upbeat but convoluted story about three strong women

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Thorne Dreyer

The film compels the viewer to think about the injustice of anti-gay discrimination in the context of military service. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2023 The documentary film Surviving the Silence is the intriguing story … Continue reading →

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THORNE DREYER : DOCUMENTARY FILM | Documentary about LNS wins prestigious national award

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

Film with Austin ties wins NETA award for Best Cultural Documentary. Watch the film here. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2022 Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service, an 80-minute documentary film produced … Continue reading →

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JONAH RASKIN :
DOCUMENTARY FILM | The widowmaker: Betty and Kenneth Rodgers’
doc, ‘I Married the War’

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

That’s what war does: demonizes the Other. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | December 2, 2021 Almost all women whose husbands go to war inevitably become widows. Even those with husbands who come home from war alive. They … Continue reading →

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JONAH RASKIN :
FILM | ‘The War at Home’

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

A review of Glenn Silber’s and Barry Brown’s timeless documentary. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 27, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, California — As Austinites and their friends and comrades all across Texas know, the coasts, east and … Continue reading →

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JONAH RASKIN :
FILM | Watch this movie: Dorothy Dickie’s LNS

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service’ is definitely worth seeing. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 12, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Let’s cut to the chase. Under the Ground, the new 80-minute documentary … Continue reading →

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THORNE DREYER :
FILM | Exciting documentary about Liberation News Service premieres January 11

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service’ includes interviews with Austin-based underground veterans. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2021 NOTE: This article was updated at 10:20 a.m. (CT), January 12. We had originally … Continue reading →

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Allen Young :
FILM | Two new films about Roy Cohn
review his decades of villainy

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

Roy Cohn is best known for being the right-hand man to Sen. Joseph McCarthy. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | June 11, 2020 NEW YORK, N.Y. — On June 19, Home Box Office (HBO) will release an informative … Continue reading →

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Allen Young :
FILM | ‘Planet of the Humans’

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

This documentary film delivers powerful negative vibes. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 6, 2020 ROYALSTON, Mass. — Two old adages are perfect for analyzing the controversial new environmental documentary film, Planet of the Humans. One saying … Continue reading →

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Thorne Dreyer :
‘Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service’

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

Dorothy Dickie has documented a significant and nearly-forgotten chapter of our history.   By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2020 AUSTIN — Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Dorothy Dickie is completing production on an exciting 80-minute documentary film … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman :
FILM | Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’ is the best film of the young 21st century!

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s funny, brilliant, and bursting with terrific and practical ideas; don’t miss this treasure! By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2016 I loved the Oscar-winning documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, but I consider Michael Moore’s finest … Continue reading →

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