KCRW's Matt Holzman asks Robert Stone about the support he's received from the the likes of Microsoft and Google.
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The unassuming title of this documentary belies what is one of the most remarkable nonfiction films ever made. From 1971 through 1976, Ed Pincus recorded on 16mm film episodes of his life with his wife Jane, their two young children and the several women with whom Ed had love affairs. It's also a portrait of a particular era—the early 1970s—a time in which a willingness to experiment in life, love and political expression was still present, but on the wane. That title— Diaries—is as unadorned, direct and honest, as is the film itself. What I experienced when I first saw Diaries was not a sense
'JFK' airs November 11 and 12 on PBS.
The 7th Annual Old Dominion University (ODU) Film and Video Festival, "Stranger than Fiction: Framing Reality in Film and Television," took place last March in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Festival spectators saw a rich array of documentary movies and TV programs, from classics such as Drew Associates' Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963), to postmodern works like Errol Morris' Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (1997), to social activist films such as Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine (2002), to a healthy variety of productions by local filmmakers. Professor Gary Edgerton, the
Filmmakers and subjects from THE SQUARE discuss collecting footage from the protests in Tahrir Square, and what the editing process was like for the team.
The 29th Annual IDA Awards will take place on Friday, December 6th at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles.
People sometimes ask me what my all-time favorite documentary film is. Many documentaries have moved me, or seem important or have influenced my own work—films like Holy Ghost People by Peter Adair, Nobody's Business by Alan Berliner and The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris. Somewhere near the top of this list is dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, a feature-length experimental documentary made by the Belgian artist Johan Grimonprez in 1997. On the surface, the film sounds pretty straightforward: it traces the history of the hijacking phenomenon during the 20th Century. I first saw the film late one night in
Dear IDA Community, Fundraising. It's one of the hardest things about being a nonprofit, but there are no two ways about it: It must be done. The more advocacy we want to take on as an organization; the more programs we want to offer that educate, connect, support and fund filmmakers; the more geography we hope to cover—the more funds we have to raise. And since we have big growth plans here at IDA, we know we have to get better at reaching out to you, our community, to ask for your support. We know that successful philanthropy relies on relationships. As the only documentary-specific arts
Director Alex Gibney explains to KCRW's Matt Holzman why -- in order to explain the mechanism behind the leaks -- he had to make his film a personal story.
Springtime in Los Angeles...and what was blooming was film festivals. International Documentary managed to attend several of these first-year fests that were truly springing up everywhere, each with its own mission statement, locale and ample offering of documentaries. First stop: The historic Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard for an Earth Day kickoff of the first annual Artivist Film Festival ( www.artivistfilmfestival.org). True to its mission—"merging art and activism for global consciousness"—the fest touted thoughtful forums, awards for environmental awareness, organic food, an art