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Project Nim looks so depressing... I don't know if I can watch it.

Fandom Trailers: ‘My Other Me’ and ‘Toy Masters,’ Documentaries About Cosplayers and He-Man

Documentaries have the rare ability to make someone who knows nothing about a subject an immediate fan. Who hasn’t wanted to play Donkey Kong after watching The King of Kong or save the environment after seeing An Inconvenient Truth? But sometimes there are documentaries that hit a little closer to home and those can be even more special. Trailers for two in-production documentaries have come to light that focus on very small niches of fandom and, chances are, you’re familiar with one of these subjects, if not both.

There’s My Other Me by Josh Laner which is about cosplay and Toy Masters by Urban Archipelago Films which chronicles the controversial history of He-Man. Watch the trailers and find out where you can learn more these still-in-production films after the jump.

Hulu’s First Original Series is ‘A Day in the Life,’ From Morgan Spurlock

Here are three more docs that I plan on seeing this year.

‪Magic Trip Trailer 2011 HD‬‏ - YouTube

‪Life In A Day‬‏ - YouTube

‪Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) Movie Trailer HD‬‏ - YouTube

Originally Posted by Kubrick

Here are three more docs that I plan on seeing this year.

‪Magic Trip Trailer 2011 HD‬‏ - YouTube

‪Life In A Day‬‏ - YouTube

‪Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) Movie Trailer HD‬‏ - YouTube

I think Magic Trip is going to be on HDNET movies as an early premiere.

From an email I got today.

AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY

“BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY”

WILL HIT THEATRES BEGINNING OCTOBER 21

2011 Sundance Special Jury Prize Award Winning Film

by Constance Marks About the Life of Puppeteer Kevin Clash

Will Open New York on October 21, Los Angeles on November 4

With National Theatrical Rollout to Follow:

November 4 Los Angeles, CA Laemmle Theaters

Heard LOTS of great things about this. Hope it plays in Claremont.

I'm half curious about this. The guy that puppeteers Elmo seems like a very interesting person. Unfortnately, Elmo my least favorite monster on SS. He's got nothing on Grover and the others from Classic Sesame St.

Elmo is a hero of mine. Seriously.

Creepy! :O



Cropsey is a 2009 American investigative-crime horror-documentary film, written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The film and its title uses the urban legend of "Cropsey", akin to the various incarnations of the Boogeyman, as an introduction to what eventually leads the film to its intended subject: Andre Rand, a convicted child kidnapper of Staten Island, New York.

Cropsey (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia