Writer’s Block

A struggling writer, tormented by creative paralysis, begins to suspect that something sinister is lurking just beyond his view.

Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike

In 2007, the Writers Guild of America, the Screenwriters Union, hit an impasse in their contract negotiations with the Studios. At the center of the dispute was jurisdiction over the internet. Unable to make progress, th

Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie

In 1986, Edward Said and Salman Rushdie sat down to talk at the ICA. Professor Said launched his book “After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives” at the ICA and discussed his and the collective Palestinian identity, exile, r

Freedom Writers: Stories from an Undeclared War

The powerful true story of 150 at-risk students from Long Beach, California, who were once considered unteachable. The documentary that follows what happened to the students after the 2007 film aired.

Marcel Proust: A Writer's Life

Documentary about the life and work of Marcel Proust with emphasis on his struggle to realize the 3,000 page masterpiece "In Search Of Lost Time" (A la recherche du temps perdu). Includes archival film footage.

A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers

Writers of crime fiction and nonfiction discuss influential movies about police officers and the criminal element.

Writers on the Borders - A Journey to Palestine(s)

Following the appeal of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, founding member of the International Parliament of Writers besieged in Ramallah, a delegation of writers went there to demonstrate alongside the Palestinians

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides and howling at his uproarious antics and those of his inspired sidekicks--Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, an

A Writer's Guide (to failure)

A struggling writer must come up with a last minute idea for his screenplay.

Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana

Dvd Featurette on the work of D.C. Fontana on Star Trek: The Original Series

Atucic Pill's - Writer's block

A fake horror commercial following a writer who relies on a headache pill to keep her creative spark alive

Women of Mystery: Three Writers Who Forever Changed Detective Fiction

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in the process, captur

Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots

"Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots" is a documentary examining how Kurt Vonnegut’s upbringing in Indianapolis shaped his life and work, drawing on archival material and interviews with family, friends, and f

Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime

Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century

RAVE NEW SOULS is a documentary detailing the thoughts, goals and inspirations of a new generation of Black creators in graphic novels, television, cinema, literature and digital media. Producer/director Brandon M. Easto

Sulemani Keeda

A pair of ne'er-do-wells with Bollywood dreams finally get a chance to write a screenplay, but romance might get in their way.

Fragmentos de Dois Escritores

Jorge Luis Borges, the Mirror Man

The lifetime of the great Argentinian man of letters Jorge Luis Borges through narration and interviews of such key players in his life as Leonor de Acevedo —his mother—, María Kodama —his second wife—, and Adolfo Bioy C

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For You

Jordan (Demarcus Jackson) enters a time loop after a masked man breaks into his house, sending him on a trip backwards in time.