http://scottanger.com Sun, 30 May 2010 13:39:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://scottanger.com http://scottanger.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/favicon.ico http://scottanger.com/2010/05/29/documentary-wins-at-archaeological-channel-film-festival/ http://scottanger.com/2010/05/29/documentary-wins-at-archaeological-channel-film-festival/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 19:31:20 +0000 Scott Anger http://scottanger.com/?p=875 The documentary film, Life in Limbo, has won four honorable mentions at the Archeological Channel’s Film and Video Festival in Eugene, Oregon.  Directed by Sakae Ishikawa, the film portrays life in Hasankeyf, a small town in southeastern Turkey where a proposed dam project threatens its existence.  Filmed by me and edited by Sakae, the film features [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://scottanger.com/2009/11/19/photographing-the-changing-climate/feed/ 0 http://scottanger.com/2009/11/14/documentary-to-be-distributed-via-usa-today-newspaper/ http://scottanger.com/2009/11/14/documentary-to-be-distributed-via-usa-today-newspaper/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:28:04 +0000 Scott Anger http://scottanger.com/?p=640 DOCUMENTARY FILM TO BE DISTRIBUTED VIA NEWSPAPER – Gannett has announced that its newspapers will distribute one million copies of a documentary film made by the organization The Smile Train, which helps children in developing countries.  The film, “Smile Pinki”, follows Pinki, a young girl in rural India whose life is transformed when she receives [...] Related posts:

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