by Cliff Vaughn | May 26, 2010 | Opinion
Filmmaker Alex Gibney – stepson of the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin – is one of our best muckrakers in film. He’s better than Michael Moore, whose ideological rigidity births tales that, while entertaining, hang on black-and-white. Gibney, on the other...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 8, 2010 | Opinion
In 1922, Dr. Albert Barnes established the Barnes Foundation to preserve his significant art collection. He stipulated that his collection, housed in a mansion a few miles outside Philadelphia, never be sold, moved or loaned. But that didn’t stop the powers...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 1, 2010 | Opinion
An Oscar-nominated documentary is worth finding in your community, as it goes to the heart of presidential history, national security and the First Amendment, among other things. “The seeds of Watergate occur in the Pentagon Papers,” says former White...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 30, 2009 | Opinion
Producing and directing a documentary on Baptists and Muslims has been eye-opening. As Robert Parham, the Baptist Center for Ethics’ executive director, and I traveled to various states documenting friendships and initiatives between Baptists and Muslims, we...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 27, 2009 | Opinion
ABC-TV stations will begin airing our documentary on Baptists and Muslims in early January. We’re proud of the piece, though we know any project about interfaith relationships – especially between Baptists and Muslims – is bound to bring criticism. Some quarters...
