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From Ballets Russes Ballets Russes is the Follies of dance documentaries. Like that landmark musical, Ballets Russes begins with a reunion of the dancers of the legendary Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and examines the post-limelight lives of performers. The gathering in New Orleans in June 2000 was the impetus for this fascinating, scintillating and poignant anecdotal documentary by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, which is screening in selected theaters through Zeitgeist Films. The great and beloved ballet dancer Frederic Franklin, now 90, said to the filmmakers, "I was not a hothouse flower,"
This past December, former IDA Board Member Marina Goldovskaya received the 2005 Laurel Prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Art of Documenting History from the Russian Association of Non-Fiction Film and Television. The prize honored Goldovskaya, one of Russia's best-known documentary filmmakers, for her work in documenting the country's history during moments of crucial change. Several of her films became important evidence of life during the totalitarian Soviet system. Goldovskaya, who lives in Los Angeles and teaches at UCLA, made a quick trip to Moscow between classes and finals
Three Bronx use their words to write their own stories.
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Over the next few weeks, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work will be represented in the DocuWeek TM Theatrical Documentary Showcase, August 18-24. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films--the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions to their films so far. So, to continue this series of conversations, here is Amy Berg, director/producer of Deliver Us From Evil. Synopsis: Deliver Us from Evil is the story of Oliver O'Grady--the most notorious pedophile priest in the modern history of the
David Sutherland's nonfiction series 'Country Boys' airs on PBS' 'Frontline.'
Deadline for submissions is Nov 18, 2011.