By Jonathan Marlow

As Al Franken: God Spoke segues from the festival circuit to a video store near you, Jonathan Marlow talks with directors Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob about capturing a dynamic personality during an emotionally charged campaign - and about their many years of working together and their contributions to the American documentary, often in collaboration with Hegedus's husband and partner, D.A. Pennebaker.

By Sara Schieron

"Politics weren't the elephant in the room. My prompts, direct as they appear, didn't trip director Mark Becker in the least. Becker's point of view is one he regards respectfully as "subjective," and in that, he makes no prescriptive judgments or expressions of a political agenda, though his film, Romáico could so easily enter the world of activist media."

Sara Schieron talks with documentary director Mark Becker about his subject, and finding his way through his film.

Romáico is now on DVD.

Interview By Jonathan Marlow

"The Monterey International Pop Festival forever altered world culture and music when it was held June 16 - 18, 1967. Monterey Pop drew hundreds of thousands of people to Monterey in Northern California. For one weekend, the harsh realities of the Vietnam War, student unrest, the Cold War, racism, urban riots, poverty and domestic politics were suspended and even transcended." -- Edna Gundersen, USA Today, March 2, 2007

The fortieth anniversary of Monterey Pop is upon us. To mark the occasion a special screening will take place tomorrow; Saturday March 17th at SXSW preceded by a panel featuring Lou Adler, Andrew Oldham and Michelle Phillips from The Mamas and The Papas. Read on for the second part of our interview with director D.A. Pennebaker, conducted by Jonathan Marlow.