Five Docs To Watch

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

• AFF 2012: Introduction

  What, where, and how long: Austin Film Festival need-to-knows

  BY KIMBERLEY JONES

• The Sound and the Fury

  David Chase on the Sixties rock that inspired 'Not Fade Away'

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• Seeing Is Believing

  'The Rep' charts the slow death of cinema-going

  BY LEAH CHURNER

• 'Pictures of Superheroes' Packs in the Austin Comedy Talent

  Quirky comedy filled with familiar faces

  BY MARC SAVLOV

• Don't Everybody Freak Out

  Dark Matters' horror shows

  BY MARC SAVLOV

• Five Docs To Watch

• GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

• Informant

  BY MICHAEL KING

• Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself

  BY KIMBERLEY JONES

• The Muslims Are Coming!

  BY KIMBERLEY JONES

• Rising From Ashes

  BY RUSS ESPINOZA

The Muslims Are Coming!

Stand-up comedians Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah decided to fight back against rising Islamophobia the only way they knew how: by being really effing funny. Corraling other Muslim comics, they embarked on a Middle America and Deep South tour – documented here by Farsad and Obeidallah with zestful showmanship – that mixed stand-up shows with fun stunts that slyly educated in the process (in one town square, they set up an "Ask a Muslim Anything" booth). Supporting commentary comes from the likes of Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, and Rachel Maddow, but the real stars, rightly so, are Farsad and Obeidallah, self-appointed goodwill ambassadors with a gift for gab and going blue. In addition to their AFF screenings, they'll perform stand-up at the New Movement Theater on Oct. 18 at 8pm.