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10:30 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Werner Herzog's Year With The 'Happy People' Of Siberia

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Hunting Season with Faithful Canine Companion in 'Happy People'
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Being happy is relative and subjective, meaning different things for different people in different parts of the world. And that's certainly the case for the resilient villagers profiled in Werner Herzog's and Dmitry Vasyukov's documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, which tracks all four seasons among a scrappy group who live where few could.

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11:59 am
Fri March 15, 2013

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Documentary Film Critics 'Three To See' For March 15-17, 2013

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By and and Cynthia Haines

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of March 15-17, 2013?

Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.

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6:59 am
Fri March 15, 2013

Hungry Americans Line Up For 'A Place At The Table'

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Philadelphia mom Barbie Izquierdo and her kids in "A Place at the Table"
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A young Philadelphia mother of two takes pains to make her food stamps stretch to that barren fourth month, when even cans of ravioli are scarce.

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12:31 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Documentary Film Critics' 'Three To See' For March 8 - 10, 2013

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By and and Cynthia Haines and Bob Butler

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of March 8-10, 2013?

Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.

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8:54 am
Fri March 8, 2013

True/False Film Fest Celebrates Ten Years

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Tickets for a few of the films on offer this year at True/False.
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Following the showing of "The Act of Killing" Joshua Oppenheimer answered questions from the audience via Skype.
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Playing Balkan tunes Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost, of A Hawk and a Hacksaw, warm up the crowd before a showing of "Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington."
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Syrhea Conaway, of Syna So Pro, layered voice and rhythm before a showing of "The Act of Killing."
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Director and author Sebastian Junger answered questions from the audience after a screening of "Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington."
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St. Louis band The Thin Dimes plays on a sidewalk between drifts of snow on the streets of Columbia, Missouri.
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The short film "Dear Valued Guests" directed by Jarred Alterman and Paul Sturtz documented the demise of the Regency Hotel in downtown Columbia, Missouri.
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Director Zachary Heinzerling answers questions from the audience after a showing of "Cutie and the Boxer" at the majestic Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts.
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Director Zachary Heinzerling introduces Ushio Shinohara tp the gathered crowd.
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Artist Ushio Shinohara demonstrates his distictive "boxing painting" following a screening of "Cutie and the Boxer."
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Artist Ushio Shinohara walks away from his completed painting.
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After the painting demonstration, Artist Ushio Shinohara used his boxing gloves to "paint" shirts.
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Audience members stepped up to have Artist Ushio Shinohara paint their t-shirts, coats, and sweaters.
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True/False Film Fest celebrated its tenth year, February 28 - March 3, 2013, presenting forty-two full-length documentaries and sixteen short films from around the globe. In addition to the films, the Columbia, Mo. festival hosts musicians, art installations, and events.

KBIA interviewed filmmakers whose work screened at this year's True/False. Read or listen to the interviews here.

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5:08 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

What's Showing In Independent, Foreign & Documentary Film

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By , and and Cynthia Haines and Bob Butler

If one thing stood out in 2012 filmmaking, it was the documentary.

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