‘Trial of the Chicago 7′ Wins LA Press Club’s Veritas Award for Best Film Based on Real People/Events Scott Feinberg
It’s not exactly an Oscar, but it can’t hurt in the quest to get one.
The general membership of the Los Angeles Press Club (on the board of which I serve) has voted to award its sixth annual Veritas Award to
In addition to
Hillbilly Elegy, Mank, Nomadland,
The Mauritanian,
Gallery: Jane Fonda: actress, activist, environmentalist (StarsInsider)
According to LAPC executive director
Diana Ljungaeus, the “clear winner” was
Trial, which chronicles the experiences of seven actually eight activists against the Vietnam War before, at and after the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Amelia Pang in Conversation with Dexter Tiff Roberts
Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome award-winning journalist Amelia Pang to discuss her first book, Made in China. Amelia will be in conversation with Dexter Tiff Roberts, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Asia Security Initiative; adjunct instructor in political science and Mansfield Fellow at the University of Montana; and author of recently published The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, the Factory and the Future of the World. This virtual event will take place on Tuesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. Register on Darien Library’s website at darienlibrary.org/event/4880.
Made in China is the true story of a handwritten plea for help found in a box of Halloween decorations purchased from an Oregon Kmart. This letter from Sun Yi, a political prisoner forced into grueling, unpaid labor, would lead Amelia Pang in pursuit of its origins and expose the often hidden, torturous human cost of cheap consumer goods.
Back Talk (an It s Movie Time podcast) March 4, 21Golden Globe Awards wcbe.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wcbe.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Back Talk (produced by It’s Movie Time)
Film Reviewed on Podcast: Nomadland
by host John DeSando and guest, Mary Yerina
Back Talk (produced by It’s Movie Time) is an extension of the long-running, award-winning movie review show It s Movie Time, which airs Fridays at 3:01 and 8:01 PM on WCBE 90.5 FM, Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by John DeSando, the podcast version features additional content and banter with guests.
It’s Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Communicator, Hermes, and Silver Microphone honors.
John DeSando, a Los Angeles Press Club first-place winner for National Entertainment Journalism, is also host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics. Contact him at JohnDeSando62@gmail.com
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