Documentarian Alanis Obomsawin discusses Our People Will Be Healed, depicting community, gaining the trust of her subjects, and centering their voices in her …
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‘Cutting at right angles’: Frederick Wiseman on Ex Libris: New York Public Library
Frederick Wiseman on the making of his exquisite Ex Libris: New York Public Library, which is about the role of the library in society. This is an excerpt from …
TIFF17 Interview: Sophie Fiennes on Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami and performativity
In this excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, Director Sophie Fiennes discusses the making of Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami …
Steve James talks ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail
In this excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, Steve James discusses the making of his documentary ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail. …
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Two opposing sensibilities: Gianfranco Rosi and Frederick Wiseman
Every documentarian has a unique approach to filmmaking, but you might not expect that Frederick Wiseman and Gianfranco Rosi often have polar opposite …
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How do you edit a documentary? Gianfranco Rosi on Fire at Sea
In our second behind-the-scenes look at the film, Gianfranco Rosi talks editing Fire at Sea: how he narrows down his documentary footage and shapes it into …
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