Starbucks is supposed to be the place that “content creators” go to hog table space and spend hours working on that novel/screenplay/memoir that they know is inside them. Apparently the coffee chain has also been bitten by the content-creating bug, as it plans to launch a new online documentary series. [More]
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Apple Supplier Pegatron Promises To Investigate BBC Claims Of Poor Employee Treatment
By 12.22.14
While Apple was the company that drew headlines after a report on electronics factories in China, the company that was one of the subjects of a recent BBC documentary was Pegatron, one of Apple’s partners that does the actual assembly of Apple’s iPhones. Apple countered that its own audits show that its partners’ workers aren’t mistreated, but Pegatron filed a statement with the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it plans to investigate the BBC’s claims. [More]
Trailer For New Yes Men Movie Now Online
By 8.5.09
The new movie from the Yes Men, The Yes Men Fix the World, comes out in the U.K. on August 7, and you can now view the trailer online. The Yes Men are political pranksters who masquerade as world business leaders and brilliantly get their audiences-their business audiences-to applaud their sometimes heinous recommendations.
Michael Moore Finds Romance In Recession In Upcoming Flick
By 7.10.09
Love him or hate him, it’s tough to deny shockumentarian Michael Moore‘s ability to spin a clever, rabble-rousing yarn that gets people talking. So it’s worth keeping a lookout for his new, recession-focused film, due Oct. 2, called Capitalism: A Love Story.
Documentary Looks At Compulsive Hoarders
By 6.30.09
Possessed, a short film by Martin Hampton, explores the lives of four people who obsessively collect consumer detritus of one variety or another. (You can view the full film below. It’s 21 min.)
Food, Inc. Documentary Now in Theaters
By 6.26.09
Food, Inc., a new documentary that promises to make you fear your next meal, has opened in a number of cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Credit Card Documentary "Maxed Out" Opens Today
By 3.9.07
Maxed Out, a documentary about the credit card industry, is opening today in select cities (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington DC, Seattle, and Austin) and next week in a few more (Chicago, Boston, and Minneapolis).
Nader Doc Plays As Dem 2008 Pre-Game
By 1.22.07
Yesterday, we popped in our advance copy of the new Ralph Nader documentary, “An Unreasonable Man,” and settled in for for two hours of propaganda…
Mankind Tapes Itself Shopping
By 3.28.06
We went YouTube cruising for shopping videos. In this one, an African-American girl goes shopping for Saturday night clothes while her male co-workers tapes and his friends make slightly derogatory comments.
