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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Thomas G. Miller, director/producer of ONE BAD CAT: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story. Synopsis: Meet renowned African-American outsider
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Over the next two 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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Stacy Peralta, director of Made in America. Synopsis: Renowned documentarian Stacy Peralta examines the story of South Los Angeles and the
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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Andrzej Fidyk, director of Yodok Stories. Synopsis: North Korean Great Leader Kim Il Sung ordered the seed of class enemies destroyed to
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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Terence Davies, director of Of Time and the City. Synopsis: Of Time and the City is a heartfelt, lyrical and bitingly humorous personal
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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 C. Karim Chrobog, director/producer of War Child. Synopsis: War Child chronicles the tragic but ultimately hopeful life of Emmanuel Jal, a
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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Makoto Sasa, director/producer of Fire Under the Snow. Synopsis: The Venerable Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk since childhood, was arrested
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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Irena Salina, director of FLOW. Synopsis: Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigates what experts label the most important
Making Documentary Films and Videos Second Edition 2007 By Barry Hampe As the director of a well-established documentary film distribution company, one would think that I watch a lot of documentaries. The truth is, I watch the first five minutes of a lot of documentaries, but it is a rare and much anticipated moment when I lose myself in a story and find that 60 or 90 minutes has passed, and suddenly I emerge feeling I've actually learned something or met someone that I hadn't known before. Something similar happens between me and books about the film industry. Being an advisor to independent
When I graduated from film school in California, I thought I knew it all. But as every 20-something soon learns, school was just one lesson in life. There would be plenty more to come. This was never more evident to me than when I took a little journey down Route 66 with my mother, and shot what would eventually be an Emmy Award-winning documentary about it called, fittingly, The Mother Road. Filmmaking 101 can never prepare you for directing your own mother along the Main Street of America: 2,400 miles of pavement and hairpin turns, through eight US states from Chicago to Los Angeles. Along
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 8-14 in New York City and August 22-28 in Los Angeles. 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 Gini Reticker, director of Pray the Devil Back to Hell.. Synopsis: Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the gripping account of a group of brave