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Last night in N.Y.: Sean Penn lauds ‘Love Hate Love’

Last night I managed to tear myself away from Rob Lowe‘s autobiography to catch a documentary feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Love Hate Love tells the powerful stories of three families whose lives were changed by acts of terrorism. Read more

 

Bay Area Filmmaker Previews New Film

NBC Bay Area’s Janelle Wang Sits Down with Filmmaker Dana Nachman to Discuss Her New Film “Love Hate Love”. Sean Penn is the Executive Producer of the movie that premieres on Wednesday evening. For more information, visit: http://lovehatelovemovie.com/  Watch the Video

 

 

Love can overcome hate: Film explores paths to recovery after terror attacks

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the media will be filled with solemn tributes to those who died in the 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center.

But for local documentary filmmakers Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, the occasion offers a chance to showcase something few have seen: the positive, life-affirming changes that can come out of tragedy. Read more

 

 

San Jose Mercury News-9/11 remembered in Bay Area shows, concerts, exhibits

Several entertainment events in the coming days and weeks will commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and their aftermath. Here is a sampling. Read More

 


 

 Tribeca Film Festival Faces of the Festival

Is it possible to turn tragedy into hope? These directors document some victims of terrorism who’ve done just that. At TFF, Sean Penn will be on hand for a Tribeca Talks discussion. Read more

 

 

 

 

Submarine, MSNBC Hitch for ‘Witch’

By MICHAEL JONES MSNBC Films and Submarine Entertainment have finalized a North American television deal for Dana Nachman and Don Hardy’s “Witch Hunt,” narrated and exec produced by Sean Penn. “Witch Hunt” will have its U.S. preem at AFI Fest on Sunday. Docu follows eight parents in Bakersfield, who were wrongly convicted of child molestation. Read more

 

 

Sean Penn Talks About Getting Involved with Witch Hunt

Sean Penn sat down for an extended interview with Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos to talk about Witch Hunt…Watch the Video

 

 

 

10 Burning Questions: WITCH HUNT

In the documentary world, there are films that are interesting, fascinating, and have wonderfully original viewpoints on a world we only thought we knew…The film WITCH HUNT is exactly such a film. Read more

 

 

Hunt for Justice

DOWN IN Bakersfield, they have a saying: “Come on vacation, leave on probation.” The city, surrounded by swaying horsehead oil rigs and spinach fields, is a bit of Texas transplanted into Southern California. And Bakersfield is known for Texas justice.In the mid-1980s, an ambitious DA named Ed Jagels made a name for himself by prosecuting what was called a “sex ring”: a group of molesters who were passing children around among themselves. Read more