Synopsis
On August 20, 1972, Memphis-based Stax Records organized a concert at the L.A. Coliseum to benefit the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation and Martin Luther King Hospital in Watts. The event was to cap the annual Watts Summer Festival, observing the anniversary of […]

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“Miramax is brilliant at publicizing its successes, but it’s even more brilliant at burying its failures,” said Dennis Rice, their former president of marketing. Miramax Films was notorious for test screening its movies - often in malls in New Jersey - and barely releasing the ones that scored poorly. Some went straight to video, even […]

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Documentary directed and photographed by Amanda Micheli begins in 2000, as Lucy Lawless’ stunt double on the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess - 22 year old Zoe Bell - finds herself out of work when the show ends. Bell leaves her family in Auckland and arrives in L.A., where Jeannie Epper - Lynda Carter’s […]

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Documentary directed by actress Rosanna Arquette features brief, candid interviews with about thirty of her acting peers. Conversation includes how the women have balanced work with raising a family, and what affect turning 40 has had on their screen careers.
Arquette’s inspiration for the project - which debuted on Showtime cable TV - was Debra Winger, […]

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