Culture

Bosses, workers, Elmo: amazing films at Traverse City festival

August 29, 2011 By Bill Meyer

Here's a wrap-up of highlights from the 7th Annual Traverse City Film Festival that were not mentioned in previous columns.

Radical history will come to life at Oklahoma Laborfest

August 23, 2011

One of the most remarkable features will be a special reading of Nor Iron Bars, which incorporates social realism, regionalism and agitation.

Dissident Arts Festival held in New York

August 23, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

John Pietaro, a labor organizer and musician, along with poets and activists John and Steve Bloom, brought the festival to New York City last year from Beacon, N.Y., where it originated.

West Memphis Three freed, but they still seek justice

August 22, 2011 By Blake Skylar

In 1994, three young men in West Memphis, Ark. were wrongfully tried and convicted of the 1993 murder of three boys. Last week the trio were set free.

Interracial marriage, class arrogance, idealism star at film fest

August 19, 2011 By Bill Meyer

The ever-present Michael Moore, probably the most successful documentarian in world history, had a strong say in the choice of films screened at this progressive gathering.