Politics Buzz Anyone who's seen Cameron's accidental 2008 masterpiece “Fireproof” has to be stoked for his next filmic endeavor — a cinematic field trip that Mike Seaver hopes will “guide us back to the foundation of America's success.” “Monumental” will hit theaters for one night only, March 27.
Movie Buzz This clandestine documentary, smuggled into France for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi. “This is Not a Film” was shot partially on an iPhone during Panahi's house arrest in his Tehran apartment while appealing his sentence — six years in prison and a 20-year filmmaking ban.
Getting drunk and almost murdered makes for one hell of a documentary. NSFW language, folks. (via vice.com)
TV Buzz “Billion Dollar Hippy”, the made-for-TV documentary on the life and times of Steve Jobs, premiered on BBC2 last night. Now, all 59 minutes of the late Apple co-founder's biopic can be seen online at your leisure. For now, anyway.
Tech Buzz A new Made by Hand mini-doc about Brooklyn knifemaker Joel Bukiewicz. With so much love going into each handcrafted knife, you better not put one of these in the dishwasher. (via thisismadebyhand.com)
Music Buzz Here's a fun little video of young Ice-T talking about the two kinds of rap and taking the time to record his not great breakdancing skillz for posterity in the 1983 documentary Breakin' 'N Enterin'.
Documentary filmmaker Billy Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”) explores the history and culture of Manhattan's Clubland as it shared its peak with MDMA. Good times. (via.)
What do the citizens of Wasilla, Alaska think of Sarah Palin? The producers of this upcoming documentary traveled to the small town in the frozen north to find out.
Scorsese's two-part documentary “George Harrison: Living in the Material World” premieres on HBO October 5th and 6th. (via.)
This clip from the 2005 documentary 'Now Entering: A Millennial Generation' features a younger Mark Zuckerberg drinking beer and talking about his new startup, Facebook. You can read more here!
TV Buzz In the United States, there is a “growing real life superhero community.” It is made up of ordinary regular people who have perfected certain skills to protect others. These people wear capes and masks, and they even have superhero names. And HBO has a feature documentary on the subject that premieres tomorrow night.
Music Buzz This ten minute documentary about the making of Watch The Throne is actually pretty well worth your time especially if your curious what a dinner between Kanye, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé is like. If you want a quicker Kanye/Jay-Z fix though make sure to check out the behind-the-scenes photo gallery and the new song, “Otis.” (via pitchfork.tumblr.com)
TV Buzz Lynea Lattanzio has discovered that she can use her 'Largest Cat Refuge In The World' as a front to keep her off the show Hoarders. (via jezebel.com)
Part of the One Day On Earth project, a movie in the making which will include footage shot on the same day in every country in the world. (via bitrebels.com) (via bitrebels.com)
US Airways said they couldn't make their connecting flight in 15 minutes. Watch these two beautiful nerds prove them wrong.
Australian psych band Beaches takes BuzzFeed's Off The Record cam for a peek at their 2011 spring gigs in New York. Featuring cute doggies, air boxing, annoying bongos and, of course, some heavy live performances.
My Heart is an Idiot follows the 'terminally romantic' Davy Rothbart (This American Life, FOUND Magazine) as he road trips across the country looking for love in all the right, and wrong places. As someone whose heart is a drunken octopus, I can relate.
A documentary on the development of hardcore porn in the theaters of San Francisco, a city once known as “The Smut Capital of the United States.”
Anthony Geffen's new documentary, “The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest,” can be best described as a true love triangle. Here, though, the home-wrecking villian is Mt. Everest, the largest mountain in the world.
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In 2008, Josh Fox received a letter from a natural gas company. They were interested in leasing land owned by his family to do natural gas drilling. The offer was for $100,000, but instead of taking the money, Josh decided to do some research on the natural gas industry and ended up making a documen