We had a great week at the AFI-Dallas festival, where the film premiered and sold out two of its three screenings.
Critics called it “an absorbing account that should appeal to anyone concerned with the future of democracy” and “surprisingly inspiring, as it points to the inevitable reinvention of an industry in need of new life.”
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First the slightly old news: We’ve wrestled this baby to the ground, and it’s going to premiere for the world on April 2 at the AFI-Dallas Int’l Film Festival. “Stop the Presses” is part of the festival’s “Target 10 Documentary Feature Competition,” with 25K going to the winner. (Keep your fingers crossed.) After the premiere [...]

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When is a film done shooting? Apparently never.

We were out just today chronicling the work of a Dallas Morning News reporter/videographer, Jake Batsell. And next week we travel to Philadelphia. We finally got an owner, Brian Tierney, to agree to go on camera and give us an important perspective: Why would anyone buy a newspaper [...]

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We had a nice turnout at Sunday’s screening of our 15-minute work-in-progress. It was great to see some old faces, including ex-DMNers Michael Precker and Bill Marvel who appear in the cut. As a result of the screening, we’ve gotten some press this week from the Morning News and from ex-DMN TV critic Ed Bark [...]

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