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Seventh Row Editors / August 21, 2021

Creative Nonfiction Bonus Episode

For the last year, we’ve been planning a book and workshop series around creative nonfiction. Find out how and why we adopted this term to describe a distinct genre of documentary films on this creative nonfiction bonus episode.

Film Adventurer Members get a weekly bonus podcast episode with their subscription. We released this bonus episode in June. To receive more episodes like this and much more, please subscribe, for only $39.99 (Canadian) per year.

This episode features Editor-In-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith.

Show Notes

  • Read Alex’s interview with Penny Lane about her film NUTS!
  • Watch the Lockdown Film School session with Penny Lane and Carol Nguyen
  • Read Orla’s article exploring the term through quotes from Penny Lane, Tabitha Jackson, and more.
  • Read an excerpt of Elena Lazic’s interview with Evelyn director Orlando von Einsiedel
  • Read an excerpt of Elena’s interview with Evelyn director of photography Franklin Dow
  • Listen to Episode 95: Reclaiming history in documentary: No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed
  • Purchase Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film, available now!
  • Purchase In their own words: Documentary masters vol. 1, featuring a section on creative nonfiction
  • No Crying at the Dinner Table (Carol Nguyen, 2019) is available for free on Vimeo
  • Watching the Pain of Others (Chloé Galibert-Laîné, 2018) is available for free on Galibert-Laîné’s website

Explore the spectrum between fiction and nonfiction

Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction is a tour through contemporary creative nonfiction, aka hybrid or experimental documentaries. Discover films that push the boundaries of the documentary form.

Download a FREE excerpt from the book

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Alex Heeney podcast, Creative Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction podcast, Documentary, Orla Smith podcast, podcast

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