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    SXSW Midnighters Include '[Rec] 3,' 'The Tall Man,' 'Girls Against Boys'

    The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival has unveiled its 2012 line-up of Midnighters.

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    Watch The Brooding Trailer For Ya'Ke Smith's SXSW 2012 Drama "Wolf"

    Check out the first official trailer for Ya'Ke Smith's Wolf, his feature film debut and SXSW 2012 official selection, which stars Irma P. Hall, Mikala Gibson, Jordan Cooper, Shelton Jolivette, and Eugene Lee in a story about a family...

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    SXSW 2012 Trailer: Doc "Bad Brains: Band in DC" (Influential & Significant American Punk/Reggae Band)

    Making its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival next month, the documentary Bad Brains: Bands in DC, about an underrated and influential American band that has played an ecclectic blend of punk and reggae for 30 years, is directed by Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan.

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    SXSW 2012 Preview: Doc "Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots" Explores Hip Hop's Connection To Riots

    The documentary feature Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots, directed by Mark Ford and produced by Wesley Jones, is making its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival next month. The film explores the influence of Hip Hop in the 80's and early 90's, which may have served as a catalyst, to ...

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    SXSW 2012 Trailer: "Charles Bradley: Soul of America" (Soul Singer Achieves Success at 62 Yrs Old)

    Also screening at the SXSW Film Festival next month, the documentary feature Charles Bradley: Soul of America, directed by Poull Brien and produced by Alexander Brough, revolves around the peculiar and remarkable rise to stardom of aspiring Soul singer Charles Bradley at the age of 62, whose al...

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    SXSW 2012: Watch Trailer For Doc "Bay of All Saints" (Poor Brazilians Living in Water Slums Over The Bay)

    In the documentary competition this March at the SXSW Film Festival, Bay of All Saints, about impoverished Brazilians living in water slums and struggling to keep their homes against government efforts to reclaim the bay, is directed and phographed by Annie Eastman and produced by Davis Coombe and D...

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    SXSW 2012 Preview - "Tchoupitoulas" (A Story Of The New Orleans Night)

    Directed by the Ross Brothers (Bill & Turner), Tchoupitoulas is...

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    SXSW Full Line-Up: From Centerpiece '21 Jump Street' to Closer 'Big Easy Express'; Pierson Talks

    Austin's South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival 2012 has selected its full-lineup (March 9-17), unspooling 130 features over nine days (see below).

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    SXSW Film Announces 2012 Features Lineup; 'Big Easy Express' to Close Festival

    Other highlights include the world premiere of "Gayby," a feature based on the award-winning comedic short and "Fat Kid Rules the World," directed by "The Descedants" star Matthew Lillard and starring "Terri" breakout Jacob Wysocki.

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    SXSW Film Head Janet Pierson Says This Year's Films Take Risks

    In preparation for today's announcement of the 2012 SXSW lineup, SXSW film producer Janet Pierson spoke on the phone with Indiewire editor in chief Dana Harris and chief film critic Eric Kohn. An edited transcript of the conversation follows. ERIC KOHN: The first thing I thought when I saw ...

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