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Premieres? Red Carpets? Oscar & Emmy Campaigning? – “Nothing Will Go On Like Normal”

On May 14, TNT Events threw a virtual premiere for their new series Snowpiercer. Last weekend, National Geographic had a “World Premiere Screening” of Barkskins, followed by a panel discussion. On June 2, Abramorama plans something similar with a National Live Streaming Premiere screening and Katie Couric-moderated conversation of their docu, Parkland Rising, tying in with National Gun Awareness Day.

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Trailer Watch: Gun Control Activists Fight for Change in Cheryl Horner McDonough’s “Parkland Rising”

“More people died at our school than died at Columbine. Think about that,” gun control activist and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting survivor David Hogg says in the trailer for “Parkland Rising.” Cheryl Horner McDonough’s documentary chronicles the movement for stricter gun control that was galvanized on February 14, 2018 — the day of the Parkland tragedy — and the subsequent backlash.

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The Best Documentaries of 2019

…it was an incredibly strong year for documentaries, amid which Variety film critics Peter Debruge and Owen Gleiberman singled out these 10 as their favorites.

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10 Best Documentaries of 2019 - Carmine Street Guitars

Head down to Carmine and Bleeker Street in downtown New York, and you’ll see Rick Kelly and his associate, Cindy Hulej, crafting intricate, insanely detailed guitars made from locally recycled wood — if the materials happen to be from a Gotham landmark like McSorley’s, all the better.

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‘The All-Americans’: L.A.’s Legendary High School Football Rivalry Is Ready For Its Cinematic Close-Up

On the American sports scene, November is known for the NHL and NBA seasons kicking into full swing, the halfway point in the pro and college football seasons, and the start of Major League Baseball’s post-World Series Hot Stove season. Primarily, however, November is known for fierce, historic high school football rivalries that take place across the country throughout the month.

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Carmine Street Guitars, Reviewed by Jennie Kermode

To the untrained eye, Carmine Street Guitars might seem to be of little importance, but this is the workplace of Rick Kelly, one of the greatest guitar builders of all time, and before they faded into the anonymity of age some of those grey-haired men were worshipped as music legends.

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