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Common ground on evolution?
Robert Wright, in a fascinating essay in today’s New York Times, Charles Darwin channels his inner Barack Obama and looks for common ground on the conflict between believers in Creationism/ Intelligent Design and the mainstream scientific community.
New web site, blog coming soon
We’ll be rolling out a new blog and website for the new movie in a week or so. That means you’ll want to update your bookmarks and RSS feeds accordingly. This is just a heads-up–we’ll make sure to pass along all the details as soon as the new site is ready to go live. In [...]
Bella Online weighs in
Bella Online, “The Voice of Women” attended our New York premiere screening, and has filed a dispatch praising the movie and reflecting on the conversation it generated that night at Lincoln Center.
Here’s an excerpt:
I saw the film at its Lincoln Center Film Society screening in New York. The filmmakers were there, and they reported that [...]
Voice of America interview (in Russian)
A journalist from Voice of America interviewed Joe after the Lincoln Center screening (in English), and his article is available in Russian on the Voice of America web site. No one on the production team is fluent in Russian, but Joe remembers the interview as having been a good done. If anyone out there wants [...]
Reflecting on our Lincoln Center debut
Last Thursday “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” enjoyed its World Premiere screening at Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York. It’s taken this long for Laura and Joe and Milo to return home (okay, so we had some fun over the weekend running around Manhattan and taking in museums, etc.) and recover enough energy [...]
A New York state of mind
So we’re in New York for a few days for our World Premiere screening tonight at Film Society of Lincoln Center. Even before the screening, we’re getting a taste of New Yorker’s reactions to “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”.
James van Maanan ruminates on the film on his blog, Trustmovies. What he saw in our movie [...]
New York Premiere coming up – Thursday, Aug 6, 2009
We’re busy packing our bags for a visit to New York City to have our first major public screening of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on Thursday, August 6, 2009. The screening is part of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Independents Night series.
Laura and Joe will both attend the screening [...]
Confessions of Tiller’s murderer
Scott Roeder, the man accused of shooting Dr. George Tiller, feels “relief and joy” that the doctor is dead, and expects to stay in prison a long time, according to an interview he gave the Kansas City Star. He showed no remorse in his testimony to the Star, calling the killing of abortion doctors “justifiable [...]
NY Times has more detail on Tiller and his murder
The New York Times today published a lengthy and detailed story about Dr. George Tiller’s career and reactions of Kansas Pro-Life activists to his murder. Its fascinating reading for anyone who hasn’t gotten enough of this strange and tragic story.
The most notable facet of Dr. Tiller’s story is that he performed the rarest and most [...]
“Jane Roe” arrested outside Sotomayor hearing
Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. “Jane Roe” of the original Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision legalizing abortion, was arrested yesterday, protesting the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Salon.com recaps Ms. McCorvey’s odd, fascinating journey from a symbol of the movement to legalize abortion to poster child for the Pro-Life movement. [...]
New blogger, new posts
We’re excited at “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” to introduce a new blogger to our project. Jesse Lava will be our main contributor in the coming weeks so Laura and Joe can focus on bringing the film to a town near you. By all means, leave your comments and let us know what your thoughts [...]