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'Saving Face' is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2012 Academy Awards®.
'Hell and Back Again' is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2012 Academy Awards®.
The Gates, which will air on HBO in 2006." src="http://www.documentary.org/images/magazine/2005/TheGates_Nov2005.jpg"> Almost anyone in docs will tell you: Albert Maysles is a giant of generosity, full of humor about the human race. My friendship with him began in the late 1990s at a film festival in North Carolina. I thought it a mark of my eminent skill and potential as a filmmaker that he had been so kind to me, so open and willing to meet back in New York about my projects. Then I found out that he's pretty much that way with everyone who approaches him. Much has been written about his
'Incident in New Baghdad' airs May 27 on The Documentary Channel.
Dear Readers, Artistic achievement is predicated in large part on collaboration and chemistry--especially in the media and performing arts, where gesamtkunstwerk is the guiding principle. The documentary form has always succeeded as both the whole and the sum of its parts. By nature of its low-budget, bare-bones infrastructure, the roles are invariably interlocking and cross-pollinating: The director might also be the DP, editor or producer; the producer might lend a hand in these areas too; the writer, editor and composer might be one in the same person. While a theme like The Craft might not
When trying to define oneself, sometimes one of the most useful things to do is look out at the world and see what's reflected back. Director Grace Lee ( Barrier Device) had the opportunity to explore multiple versions of herself while shooting The Grace Lee Project. The name "Grace Lee" is the quintessential Asian-American woman's name, basically the Asian-American "Jane Smith." After hearing her whole life about other Grace Lees who were usually described as "smart, quiet and musically gifted," Lee interviewed a number of them in an attempt to figure out why she did not fit into this
'Pina' is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2012 Academy Awards.