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IDA/ABCNews Videosource Award BhuttoDirector/Producer: Duane BaughmanDirector/Writer: Johnny O'HaraProducers: Mark Siegel, Arleen SorkinExecutive Producer: Glenn AveniCo-Producers: Pamela Green, Jarik Van Sluijs, Darius FisherCinematographers: Noel Donnellan, James Mulryan, David Ethan Sanders, Jens SchlosserEditor: Jessica HernándezComposers: Mader, Herb Graham Jr.Yellow Pad Productions in association with Icon TMI, First Run Features, ITVS Bhutto chronicles the life of one of the most complex and fascinating characters of our time: Benazir Bhutto. Hers is an epic tale of Shakespearean
The use of re-enactment in documentary is as old as the form itself, yet it remains persistently controversial, and there is nothing else that better illustrates the ontological knottiness of our relationship with the media. To label a film a "documentary" is in one sense to burden it with the responsibility of veracity. The movie in question is graced with an unsubtle aura of verisimilitude, and what we see and hear is taken to be, if not quite truth, then in truth's tortuous pursuit. The documentarian's challenge is thus not only one of communicating actuality through images and sound, but
And the winner is...'Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel).'
One Latino Filmmaker Will Win $10,000
And the winner is...'Have You Heard From Johannesburg.'
And the winner is...'Anvil! The Story of Anvil.'
The dates and venues have been set for the 15th Annual DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase: New York: August 12 - September 1 at IFC Center Los Angeles: August 19 - September 8 at Laemmle Sunset 5 Each year, DocuWeeks TM presents short and feature length documentaries to appreciative audiences in theatrical runs designed to qualify the films for consideration for the Academy Awards ®. As IDA's most popular event, DocuWeeks TM attracts documentary filmmakers and a growing number of nonfiction film enthusiasts in New York City and Los Angeles. Since its debut in 1997, twenty worthy
Peter Rosen's 'Who Gets to Call It Art?'
May 16th in Los Angeles
And the winner is...'Iraq In Fragments'