This 30-minute documentary was published by Make a Difference Films on YouTube. The film shows the appalling living conditions AND the incredible spirit of the people who live there. It also focuses on the work of a charity called Kibera In Need, which is working incredibly hard to try and make a difference.
Watch this new documentary on Kibera
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2013 by Mack Leonard FilmsLes Blank, filmmaker with an eye and ear for the eccentric, dies at 77
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2013 by Mack Leonard Films
Les Blank, the documentary director who followed fellow filmmaker Werner Herzog to record his devotion to art (Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe in 1979) as well as his exotic descent into obsession (Burden of Dreams in 1982), died Sunday at age 77, according to the The New York Times.
Leslie Harrod Blank Jr.'s own obsessions included a rapturous appreciation of regional music and cuisine, which echoed in…
My Take on Spirit Children.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2013 by Mack Leonard Films
First watch this documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHGwcPyY64
I am late. This documentary was published three months ago, and granted, there have been even earlier articles on Ghana's Spirit Children.
Given. This is a despicable traditional practice. No two ways about that, and it exists in other parts of the world like Bom Jesus da Mata in Brazil (Read Death Without Weeping by Nancy Schepher-Hughes.
Special Screening & In Theatres: FREE ANGELA & ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2013 by Mack Leonard Films
Coming to NYC's Stranger Than Fiction next Tuesday, April 2 and to select theatres next Friday, April 5: FREE ANGELA & ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
Shola Lynch's exploration of the iconic activist and acadmic had its world premiere last Fall at Toronto. Since then, it has screened at London, Pan African, Tempo Doc, Women's International Film & Arts, and the upcoming Full Frame.
REFLECTIONS UNHEARD: BLACK WOMEN IN CIVIL RIGHTS (OFFICIAL TRAILER)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2013 by Mack Leonard Films
Reflections Unheard: Black Women In Civil Rights focuses on the marginalization of black women between the Black Power and Feminist ideologies of the 60s and 70s, up to the present day. (via Shadow and Act)
This documentary film will premiere across the pond on April 24. CLICK HERE for more details.
Will there be a UK screening? Hopefully.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHebpgxeDJU&feature=player_embedded#!
REFLECTIONS UNHEARD: BLACK WOMEN IN CIVIL RIGHTS (OFFICIAL TRAILER)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2013 by Mack Leonard Films
Reflections Unheard: Black Women In Civil Rights focuses on the marginalization of black women between the Black Power and Feminist ideologies of the 60s and 70s, up to the present day. (via Shadow and Act)
This documentary film will premiere across the pond on April 24. CLICK HERE for more details.
Will there be a UK screening? Hopefully.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHebpgxeDJU&feature=player_embedded#!
Batman Documentary: "Starring Adam West"
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2013 by Mack Leonard Films
CRASH. BAM. POW.
Superheroes are all the rage right now, and rightfully so, they’re awesome. But back before the special effects and big-budget blockbusters, Adam West was Batman.
Adam West will always BE Batman.
A new documentary, “Starring Adam West,” lets fans into the TV star’s world. It tracks his rise to fame and follows him around in his life today.
Mack Leonard Films
