documentary filmmaker

Andrea Nevins, documentary filmmaker, dies at 63

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Andrea Blaugrund Nevins’ love of storytelling led her to the rural South, to ABC News in her native New York and, ultimately, Hollywood, where she produced and directed documentaries about dancers, punk rockers and the queen’s horse trainer. Nevins, wife of former Showtime chairman David Nevins, died Saturday at their Los Angeles home, surrounded by … Read more

‘No Other Land’ directors aren’t the only Oscar winners dismayed by ‘indefensible’ academy response

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The Israeli and Palestinian directors behind “No Other Land” aren’t alone in their disappointment in the film academy’s lackluster response to the recent attack on and detainment of Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal. A letter touting support from 600 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — including multiple Oscar winners — condemned … Read more