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The DOC SHOT Q&A is an exclusive online feature by Documentary magazine associate editor Tamara Krinsky. Through this mix of questions (some serious, some sassy) each DOC SHOT provides a glimpse into the work and lives of those creating and supporting nonfiction film. Don Hardy and Dana Nachman, Producers/Directors: Witch Hunt YOUR FILM Brief description of your film: Witch Hunt is the story of one small California town-Bakersfield--where cowboy law enforcement replaced justice while destroying families for generations, as 34 families were falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of child
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Deadline, which chronicles Illinois Governor George Ryan's decision in 2003 to give clemency to all Death Row inmates, is a breakthrough for an independent documentary. NBC acquired broadcast rights to it after its chairman and CEO, Robert Wright, saw the film at this year's Sundance Film Festival. It will air July 30 as a two-hour Dateline NBC special, seen by an expected audience of 10 million. But when directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson brought their labor-of-love documentary to Sundance in January, they were on a deadline themselves. Something good had to happen soon, or else. The
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Landscapes of the Self: The Cinema of Ross McElwee Editors: Efren Cuevas and Alberto N. Garcia Ediciones Internacionales Universitarias; 1st edition (February 15, 2008) 337 pages $34.00 Sitting on the back porch of my home in a Southern metropolitan city, I begin to write this review of a new, edited book about documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee. I am taking a break from editing my first personal documentary. Two days ago I experienced a "Ross McElwee moment" when a local news crew interviewed me while I was behind my camera, shooting a scene for my own film. McElwee's narration has been