[Michael Madison is a partner in Nelson Madison Films with Linda Nelson.] The SKID ROW screening at the DNC in Denver on Sunday before the convention opened, began for us weeks earlier as we worked with (more…)

As the newly minted Democratic ticket plans a post convention bus tour, we take a different road-trip with Indiepix filmmaker Thomas Drew in his documentary Divided We Stand. Drew finds strength in diversity in the waning days of the 2004 election as he weaves his way across the Southwest through a line of ’swing states’, from Drew’s home in Los Angeles to his parent’s farm in Arkansas. Also available free on SNAG Films.

The Chinese marketing machine for the Beijing Olympics created an impressive show for audience around the world. Filmmaker Sue Williams’ ‘China: A Century of Revolution’ and ‘Young & Restless in China’ reflect on China during and after the revolution and its on-going transition from a Communist nation to a free market economic superpower.

Lucia Small and Ed Pincus’ IndiePix-distributed film, THE AXE IN THE ATTIC is set to play Chicago beginning this Friday, August 29th. (more…)

The big flat screen monitor under the tent is connected to the incredible Panasonic HD camera by a fat cable along the street. The monitor is set up in this sidewalk tent so that the producer, co-director and script supervisor can measure the progress of the work. (more…)

As Pakistan braces itself for a life without President Musharraf and fears of the nation spinning off into yet another political crisis, we look at two compelling films from the troubled nation. Silent Waters and Man Push Cart depict the struggles that people of Pakistan have to face inside and outside the country in their long-standing battle for peace and prosperity.