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The American Film Renaissance celebrates timeless American values by producing, showcasing and distributing films that promote freedom (including free speech, free enterprise and freedom of worship), rugged individualism and the triumph of the human spirit; and through supporting, nurturing and training filmmakers who share AFR’s mission. Washington, DC Oct 1-4 2008 Guide FAQ

Pro-freedom film festival hits Hollywood Event to screen movies celebrating 'the triumph of the human spirit' -------------------------------------------------------- Posted: December 30, 2005 American Film Renaissance, the organization presenting patriotic and pro-America alternatives to typical movie fare, goes to the heart of the industry to host its first festival in Hollywood, Calif., next month. AFR was begun to encourage the production and promotion of more traditional-values oriented movies in the U.S. "Conservatives have been on defense in this culture war going on 40 years," founder and President Jim Hubbard told WorldNetDaily last year. "No war has ever been won playing defense. …...

I just heard a radio ad on KSKY 660 AM. Apparently, KSKY is the official sponsor of the first conservative film festival, The American Film Renaissance. The schedule for the festival, which will be held at the Studio Movie Grill -Addison is as follows: Sept 17 The Privileged Planet Echoes of Innocence The Joyriders Shooting Michael Moore Sept 18 Christmas at the Maxwell's Americas Heart and Soul Saints and Soldiers In The Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed

The American Film Renaissance, America's first Conservative Film Festival, has announced the dates and films for its Second Annual Film Festival. Dates: Sept 17-18 Location: Studio Movie Grill - Addison Cost: $10 per day, $20 weekend pass, Free tickets through KSKY 660 AM Films: Shooting Michael Moore, In The Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed, Echoes of Innocence, Saints and Soldiers, The JoyRiders, The Priviliged Planet, America's Heart and Soul, Christmas at the Maxwell's.

The recent political documentary craze has at last zeroed in on one of the conservative movement's brightest and most engaging stars, Ann Coulter. Until now, the 40-minute documentary "Is It True What They Say About Ann?" has only been screened at small film festivals, such as the American Film Renaissance and the Liberty Film Festival. With the release of the Ann Coulter documentary on DVD this week, Ann's legions of fans will finally get a behind-the-scenes look at the conservatism's "diva." Ann's childhood, career, and controversies are all covered in this relatively flattering tribute. This new documentary was directed by...

I was extremely lucky to be part of history this past weekend, when America’s first conservative film festival took place in Dallas, Texas. The American Renaissance Film Festival was scheduled for the third anniversary weekend of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and it was a fitting tribute. I was there to accompany my mother, Mara Wallis, whose documentary, Entertaining Vietnam, screened at the festival. In fact, Vietnam loomed large at the festival, thanks in large part to John Kerry who foolishly built his whole presidential campaign on a house of cards. In a weird way, we can thank Kerry for finally...

Michael Moore (search) was a no-show at the first-ever conservative film festival held outside Dallas last weekend. The liberal moviemaker's absence is not a surprise since the film that earned a two-minute standing ovation was the world premiere of a documentary titled, "Michael Moore Hates America." There were 24 conservative-minded films screened at the three-day American Film Renaissance Festival (search) in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas. Movies included "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House," "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis" and "The Peace Commies," which addresses "subversive radicals behind the peace movement." "We make no bones about the...

DALLAS—The opening night of the American Film Renaissance, the nation's "first and only" conservative film festival, featured an African-American pianist sitting in a ballroom of Dallas' InterContinental Hotel and playing "As Time Goes By." On Saturday and Sunday, aspiring right-wing auteurs suggested that if we could just get back to the values of Casablanca—you know, Nazism, adultery, casino gaming—the studios would make movies worth watching again. "We're seeing the rise of conservative film," said Alan Lipton, the co-director of a short called Operation Eagle Strike.

The long awaited "American Film Renaissance" Film Festival is nearly over and it looks like the media has yet to publish a single review of any of the films. If you have seen any of the films or have read a review of them, please post it here. Conservatives around the nation would love to hear the reviews.

Friday, September 10, 2004 Pro-America film festival opensMovies at Dallas event provide alternative to Hollywood offerings Posted: September 10, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Ron Strom © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The American Film Renaissance festival gets under way today in Dallas, screening pro-America alternatives to Hollywood throughout the weekend. As WorldNetDaily reported, the cofounder of American Film Renaissance, Jim Hubbard, hopes the festival will be the opening salvo in a battle to get more patriotic and traditional-values oriented movies produced and seen by the film-going public in the U.S. Hubbard sees the three-day event, which runs today through Sunday as a stark alternative to...

.Screen RightersTired of Michael Moore's film-flam? There are alternatives. BY BRIDGET JOHNSONWednesday, September 1, 2004 12:01 a.m.-- snip -- ...Not Cannes, not Sundance, but the first-ever Liberty Film Festival, showcasing conservative, libertarian and independent films this fall in Los Angeles. Rising conservative filmmaking power couple Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty, who are directing the event, will be premiering their black-and-white noir thriller "Terminal Island," shot at the Port of Los Angeles. Ms. Murty's character is stalked around the harbor by a Muslim terrorist, who is being pursued by a bounty hunter. "Because no Hollywood studio would touch a film that...

Sept 10 - 12, Dallas (Addison), TX. The First Annual AFR is proud to present the following extraordinary films (list subject to change; for schedule of events, please click here): Against Nature By WAG TV An undeniably shocking production from our friends in Great Britain, Against Nature is arguably the most provocative documentary you'll ever watch about environmentalism. What American television would never want you to see, Against Nature proves that the world's most influential environmentalists are more interested in promoting their own agenda than rescuing third-world citizens from poverty. And you won't believe who Against Nature shows us was...

Fed up with what they say is the radical left's domination of Hollywood, a group of conservative filmmakers will debut their newest films in a festival this weekend in Dallas. The film festival, scheduled Sept. 10-12, is the brainchild of Jim Hubbard, a law school graduate who felt conservatives have sat on the sidelines too long while liberals dominate moviemaking. He and others tired of filmmakers like Michael Moore, whose "Fahrenheit 9/11" bashed President Bush for how his administration dealt with the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Larry Elder, a Los Angeles based radio talk show host, has fired another salvo into the credibility of Leftwing propagandist, blowhard, and "disingenuous filmmaker" Michael Moore. Elder is scheduled to release a new documentary entitled "Michael & Me" which counters Moore's deceiptful documentary "Bowling for Columbine. Elder ambushes Moore and asks him tough questions about gun control. Moore is visibly frustrated during the encounter. "Michael & Me" will premiere Friday, September 10th at the Dallas based "American Film Renaissance", the first film festival for conservatives.

Several films, including two targeting leftist filmmaker Michael Moore, will make their world debuts this month at the American Film Renaissance festival in Dallas. Taking place Sept. 10-12, the festival aims to screen pro-America, patriotic documentaries and serve as an alternative to the Sundance and Cannes festivals. "Michael and Me" and "Michael Moore Hates America" will both premiere in Dallas as filmmakers take aim at the Bush-bashing director whose "Fahrenheit 9/11" paint the president as a liar and a dolt. WND columnist Larry Elder offers his "Michael and Me" to rebut Moore's anti-gun film "Bowling for Columbine." Elder's film will...

A new documentary about Ann Coulter, Is It True What They Say About Ann?, will premiere at The American Film Renaissance in Dallas, TX. The 45 minute documentary features Ann Coulter as you have never seen her before. interviews include Bill Maher, Susan Estrich and Pat Caddell. One segment includes nasty leftwing students verbally assaulting Coulter at Johns Hopkins University.

Pro-America film festival takes on Hollywood September event to screen conservative movies, documentaries By Ron Strom Has leftist Hollywood met its match? The organizers of a pro-America film festival believe it has, going on the offensive to present and promote conservative movies and documentaries in Dallas next month. The American Film Renaissance hopes its festival will be the opening salvo in a battle to get more patriotic and traditional-values oriented movies produced and seen by the film-going public in the U.S. Using a war analogy, festival president and cofounder Jim Hubbard explains his vision: "Conservatives have been on defense in...

Just as his "Fahrenheit 9/11" opens nationwide, several filmmakers are readying documentaries aimed at debunking Michael Moore, and a new film festival is being planned that will feature such works as well as other documentaries well to the right of Moore's films. Scheduled Sept. 9-11 in Dallas, the American Film Renaissance, as the festival will be known, has just been announced by co-founder Jim Hubbard, who said it is bankrolled primarily by some "big-time conservative donors." Hubbard currently is negotiating to show two films critical of Moore. The first is "Michael Moore Hates America," made by newcomer Michael Wilson and...

Conservative filmmakers launch their own version of the "Sundance Film Festival" in Dallas, TX.

"Do the right thing." These were Secretary of State Colin Powell's words of advice to the Wake Forest University class of 2004 in his May commencement address. Then Powell issued an incontrovertible condemnation of the actions of U.S. soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners: "Our nation is now going through a period of deep disappointment, a period of deep pain over some of our soldiers not doing the right thing at a place called Abu Ghraib. All Americans deplored what happened there."

RUSH: You know, there's been a lot of talk lately about indecency on radio, and the word "censorship" has been flying around particularly involved to our old buddy Howard Stern. When radio station owners decided that they didn't want to air what the content of Stern's show is, why, all hell broke loose! Why, you would have thought the Constitution had been shredded, and the radio stations owned by Clear Channel that made this decision were shouted down and accused of all kinds of horrible, little rotten things, and censorship was flying around, and then the press picked up on...

(CNSNews.com) - Democracy Radio, one of the liberal groups that wants to boot Rush Limbaugh off Armed Forces Radio, sees radio as the route to voters' hearts. "With the full support of right wing organizations, conservative talk show hosts now are clearly playing a critical role in shaping the attitudes of many Americans which, in turn, are having an effect on the outcome of elections," Democracy Radio says on its website. "As long as elections continue to be as close as the presidential election of 2000, talk radio will continue to play a meaningful role." Democracy Radio -- along with...

(CNSNews.com) - Liberal groups that want to bounce Rush Limbaugh's radio show off Armed Forces Radio have found a Senate ally. Sen. Tom Harkins (D-Iowa) announced on Wednesday that he has successfully amended the Fiscal Year 2005 Defense Authorization bill, adding a provision that calls on American Forces Radio and Television Service to provide political balance in its public affairs programming. Harkin was quoted as saying that American Forces Radio and Television Service is funded by taxpayers of all political persuasions, and therefore it should "make a greater effort to provide balanced representation of political viewpoints on its airwaves to...

Remember David Brock? Sure you do. He’s the former self-described “right-wing hit man” who famously transformed himself into a left-wing hit man, although he would probably rather call himself an advocate for “progressive” causes. His latest cause is a campaign to drive Rush Limbaugh from the lineup of the American Forces Radio and Television Service, formerly known as Armed Service Radio. Last week, Brock wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld citing comments from Limbaugh suggesting that the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison was not as big a deal as some commentators have made it...

Liberals Want Limbaugh Booted Off Armed Forces Radio By Melanie Hunter CNSNews.com Deputy Managing Editor May 27, 2004 (CNSNews.com) - A liberal group that monitors conservative media wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to remove radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh from the American Forces Radio and Television Services, formerly known as Armed Forces Radio. According to Media Matters for America, which describes itself as the first organization to systematically monitor the media for conservative "misinformation," Limbaugh has spent the past four weeks trivializing and condoning the U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. "It is abhorrent that...

<p>"Former right-wing operative David Brock is urging the Pentagon to get Rush Limbaugh off American Forces Radio," Terence Samuel reports in the Washington Whispers column of U.S. News & World Report.</p> <p>"Brock, now president of Media Matters for America, a group formed to combat the influence of conservative media outlets, says that the government shouldn't be sponsoring what Limbaugh is peddling. The popular talk show host, whose radio program is heard at military installations worldwide, has said that what happened at Abu Ghraib was little more than what happens at a fraternity hazing. 'It is abhorrent that the American taxpayer is paying to broadcast what is in effect pro-torture propaganda to American troops,' Brock wrote to [Defense Secretary Donald H.] Rumsfeld. No Pentagon response so far."</p>

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend <% printurl = Request.ServerVariables("URL")%> Print Version May 28, 2004, 8:44 a.m. A New Attack on RushDavid Brock doesn't want American soldiers to hear Limbaugh. David Brock, the former self-described "right-wing hit man" turned "progressive" activist, is escalating his campaign against conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Brock runs a new organization called Media Matters for America, which, according to Brock, was created to fight "conservative misinformation" in the media (see "David Brock is Buzzing Again," NR, June 14, 2004). Earlier this month, Brock and Media Matters produced a television commercial attacking Limbaugh...

David Brock Is Buzzing Again And the gadfly’s main target is Rush (and Bush, of course). EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the June 14, 2004, issue of National Review. Susie Tompkins Buell was very, very impressed with David Brock. A California businesswoman who co-founded the fashion giant Esprit and went on to become a major donor to Democratic causes, Buell was in Washington last fall attending a meeting of friends and supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when she met Brock, the self-described former "right-wing hit man." Buell listened as Brock, now a defector to "progressive" causes, presented plans...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the June 14, 2004, issue of National Review. Susie Tompkins Buell was very, very impressed with David Brock. A California businesswoman who co-founded the fashion giant Esprit and went on to become a major donor to Democratic causes, Buell was in Washington last fall attending a meeting of friends and supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when she met Brock, the self-described former "right-wing hit man." Buell listened as Brock, now a defector to "progressive" causes, presented plans for Media Matters for America, his new Internet-based project to monitor and criticize conservative media. In...