EXCLUSIVE: Here is the first trailer for Stranger Fruit, the documentary written and directed by Jason Pollock that raised eyebrows at last year’s SXSW film festival and was re-edited to include information about the backlash of the doc itself and also to insert what they say is new evidence. The film put the St…

UPDATE, Thursday, 9:40 AM: The producers behind a play based on grand jury transcripts from Ferguson will offer the premiere staging of the play on YouTube following its performance. The play is a stage reading of those transcripts from the police shooting of Michael Brown and will be performed at the Odyssey Theatre…

UPDATE, 3:07 PM: It will be dark in Ferguson by the time an announcement of the grand jury’s decision is made public today. It has been confirmed that the office of St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch will hold its press conference at 8 PM CT (6 PM PT). Fox News Channel did a News Alert at 3:12 PM…

Covering the outrage and violence in Ferguson, MO in the wake of Michael Brown's death has boosted cable news network numbers. Fox News Channel continued to control primetime in overall audience Monday, with its numbers boosted to 2.136 million viewers – up 16% compared to same day last year's 1.834 million. CNN…

President Obama felt the need to take to TV for the second time in four days, and while on "vacation," to address the tinderbox that is Ferguson, MO, since the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson nine days ago. (Obama also addressed what he described as progress in Iraq…

UPDATE,  10:12 AM: “Here in the United States of America, police should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their job and report to the American people what they see on the ground,” President Obama said this morning. His comments came hours after two print journalists were  arrested and…

The LA-based indie distributor picked up the Boulder Film Festival winner, which it will release late summer this year. High Ground follows 11 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and one mother as they climb the 20,000-foot-high Mount Lobuche in the Himalayas. Guided by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and his team…