A place to think deeply about movies
Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.
We talk to Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer, the directors of Check It , a new documentary that follows several members of the inspiring gay and transgender teen gang Check It through their struggles on the harsh streets of Washington, D.C. Check It members Moe and Tray also weigh in.
[Read more…] about HotDocs 2016: Conversations with the creative team behind essential doc Check It
Documentarian Josh Fox discusses his new film How to Let Go of the World (And Love All Things Climate Can’t Change). His goal wasn’t to educate but to energize. Fox emphasizes the pressing problem of climate change and elaborates on what political action we can take to help mitigate it.
Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his collaboration with Adi Rukun, the importance of empathy, and the magical realist landscape and soundscape of his Oscar-nominated documentary The Look of Silence. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1.
To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his haunted, ‘magical realist’ doc The Look of SilenceLegendary documentarians Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker reflect on the making of their film Unlocking The Cage about the fight for human-like rights for intelligent non-human animals. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1. To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about Unlocking the Cage on chimpanzee rightsPenny Lane (Our Nixon) discusses NUTS!, the importance of pacing in her creative nonfiction exploration of pseudoscience, why they used animated re-enactments, and how to think about documentary film. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1. To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about Penny Lane on NUTS!: a gullible audienceMaster documentarian Frederick Wiseman discusses his editing process and how it informed how he shot In Jackson Heights. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, purchase a copy here. The book also features interviews with Wiseman on National Gallery and Ex Libris.
[Read more…] about Wiseman talks making In Jackson Heights