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METRO EVENT | ‘She’s Beautiful When
She’s Angry’
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 21, 2016 Event: Screening of ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ Dates: Saturday, April 2, 2016, 7-9 p.m. Where: Faith Presbyterian Church Address: 1314 East Oltorf, Austin, TX 78704 Admission: Suggested donation … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Alice Embree, Austin DSA, Documentary Film, Metro, Rag Bloggers, She's Beautiful When She's Angry
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METRO EVENT | New documentary about the Black Panthers screens in Austin
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 14, 2015 Event: “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” What: Film showing Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Time: 7:30 p.m. Where: The Marchesa Hall and Theatre Address: 6406 North IH35 … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | Documentary film about ‘The Rag,’ Austin’s pioneering underground newspaper, to screen in September
The showing will be followed by an open meeting to start planning a 2016 Rag reunion and celebration. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 17, 2015 Event: “The Rag: Austin Underground Press 1966-1977” What: Film showing and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Documentary Film, Metro, People's History in Texas, Rag Film, Rag Reunion, Rag Reunion 2016, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press
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METRO EVENT | ‘Black Out’: A documentary on gentrification in Austin
By The Rag Blog | The Rag Blog | April 30, 2015 Event: Screening of ‘Black Out’ What: Documentary on gentrification in Austin Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Time: 7 p.m. Where: UT-Austin Student Activities Center (SAC) Auditorium 1.402 Address: … Continue reading
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Tagged Association of Black Journalists, Black Out, Documentary Film, East Austin, Gentrification, UT-Austin
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METRO EVENT | ‘Bringing It Home: A Night With Hemp,’ at the Alamo South Lamar
Event: Bringing It Home: A Night with Hemp When: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Presented by: The Texas Hemp Industries Association Featuring: Screening of documentary film, Bringing It Home Where: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Address: 1000 South Lamar Blvd., … Continue reading
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Tagged Bringing It Home, Documentary Film, Industrial Hemp, Metro
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FILM | Oscar-winning ‘Citizenfour’ documents one citizen’s sacrifice for our liberty
Laura Pointras tells Snowden’s story in an engaging account that is both enlightening and unsettling. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 22, 2015 Citizen Four is the name used by 29-year-old Edward Joseph Snowden when he … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | Second chance to see landmark film about the American media monopoly
‘Shadows of Liberty’ asks why we have let a handful of powerful corporations write and manipulate the news. Event: Screening of ‘Shadows of Liberty’ What: Documentary film about failures of corporate journalism When: Thursday, March 5, 2015, 6-7:45 p.m. Presented … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Media, Documentary Film, Journalism, Media Criticism, Metro, Shadows of liberty
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METRO EVENT | ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ screens in Austin
The film is a powerful testament to a movement that changed the course of history. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2015 Event: Screening of ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry‘ What: Feature documentary on the early … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | Acclaimed documentary ‘Shadows of Liberty’ to screen at UT-Austin
‘Shadows of Liberty’ reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups and corporate control. AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin Journalism School and the Texas State Employees Union are presenting a free screening of the internationally … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Media, Documentary Film, Journalism, Metro, Shadows of liberty, Texas State Employees Union, UT-Austin
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‘Kids for Cash’: Taking abuse of power to a new level
Hard to imagine that a judge could devastate families and delay so many lives? Well guess what… By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 There are movies. And then there are movies — and by that … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ‘Radio Unnameable’ Legend Bob Fass and Filmmaker Paul Lovelace
Late-night radio revolutionary Bob Fass, left, and filmmaker Paul Lovelace. Rag Radio podcast: Free-form radio legend Bob Fass and‘Radio Unnameable‘ filmmaker Paul Lovelace “I wanna be a neuron — I don’t wanna be the brain. We’re all the brain.” — Bob … Continue reading
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Documentary Filmmakers Doug Hecker and Christopher Oscar Dish on ‘Junk Food News’
Documentary filmmakers Christopher Oscar, left, and Doug Hecker. Doug Hecker and Christopher Oscar:Documentary filmmakers on media,civil liberties, and ‘Project Censored‘ “The corporate rules are simple: tell the news the way you’re told to tell the news or ratings will decline … Continue reading
