At an event such as Visible Evidence VI, what's immediately clear is just how hopelessly inadequate the term "documentary " has become. This predominantly academic conference is held annually, this year at San Francisco State University (August 13- 16). The announced aim of the event was to "encompass issues of ethnography, journal ism, medical imaging, visible evidence and the law, advocacy, biography/autobiography, and the art of social representation, " inviting research and presentations from "fields such as anthropology, architecture, art history, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian
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Tortured though the Russian economy may be, the show must go on. Perhaps Mischa Litvyakov and his colleagues at the Petersburg International Film Festival could give the Yeltsin government lessons in financial brinksmanship and survival. Litvyakov, a founder and continuing director of the Festival, "Message to Man ," confessed to an opening evening audience at Petersburg's "Dom Kino" (House of Film) last July that until half an hour before his introductory remarks he wasn't sure the Festival would make it. Perhaps Litvyakov exaggerated a bit for dramatic effect, but it sounded plausible, given
1995 America and Lewis HineProduced by Daniel Y. Allentuck and Nina Rosenblum;Directed by Nina Rosenblum George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Written, produced and directed by George Stevens, Jr. Sixteen Days of GloryWritten, produced, and directed by Bud Greenspan The Times of Harvey MilkProduced by Richard Schmiechen;Co-produced/directed by Robert Epstein 1986 Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 YearsProduced by John Soh Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de MayoProduced and directed by Susana Munoz and Lourdes Portillo ShoahProduced and directed by Claude Lanzman Soldiers in HidingExecutive
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. From my youth in Minnesota, there's one particular Thanksgiving that I remember fondly—the one where the temperature actually broke 70° and we were able to enjoy one last gasp of summer before Winter entombed us in a frozen white capsule for six long months! Thanksgiving of 1998 is another one that I'll remember for many years: not for the weather, but for the bounty that has come to IDA during the year. At the beginning of 1998, IDA membership was at an historic high. People across the U .S. and around the world continue to discover us
DANCEMAKER Executive Producer: Walter Scheuer, in association with The Four Oaks Foundation Produced by Jerry Kupper Director of Photography: Tom Hurwitz Produced and Directed by Matthew Diamond 98 min. Dancemaker is the tale of the extraordinary, peculiarly American phenomenon, the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Hailed as "the world's greatest living choreographer," Taylor's life is traced from solitary child to star dancer to master choreographer. Interviews with current and past members of the company offer glimpses of the pain, joy, obsession and love that motivate these artists. The film
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Jerome Liebling was a teacher of photography when there were few. He founded the photography program at the University of Minnesota in 1949 and the film and photography department at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1969. A member of the Photo League in New York, Jerry's photographs and films, whether he's shooting stockyards in Minnesota or eighty year-old handball players in Miami Beach, always affirm life. They are direct, powerful, incisive and revealing. While his work is seemingly uncomplicated, students somehow could never imitate him. When I entered Hampshire in 1973, I
THE NAZIS: A WARNING FROM HISTORY A BBC/A&E—The History Channel Co-production Historical and Script Consultant: Professor Ian Kershaw Narrated by Samuel West Photographed by Martin Patmore Produced and Written by Laurence Rees 6 episodes; 50 min. ea. How was it possible that a cultured nation at the heart of Europe ever allowed Hitler to come to power? With the help of new film archive discoveries from Russia and interviews with eye witnesses, many of whom are former members of the Nazi party and have never appeared on television before, this series reveals how the Nazi Party was born, grew
FADING REINDEER BELL from China Central Television Produced by Zhao Yukui and Wang Jing Photography by Xia Zhifang Directed by Sun Zengtian 60 min. Fading Reindeer Bell is about a woman artist and her all-female household. They are from the small ethnic minority known as the Ewenkis, one of 50 ethnic groups in China today. The Ewenkis are scattered across the northern part of the country, near the Sino-Russian border. The film invites us to consider the survival of an indigenous people, striving to maintain cultural identity amidst issues of gender and the environment. NACH SAISON (OFF SEASON)
REGRET TO INFORM A Sun Fountain Production Produced by Janet Cole and Barbara Sonneborn Principal Photography by Emiko Omori Directed by Barbara Sonneborn 70 min. Twenty years after losing her husband Jeff in the Vietnam War, director Barbara Sonneborn realized that she had never gotten over it. Happily remarried for many years and with a very rich life, she decided to seek out other widows, to learn how they had come to terms with losing love ones to the Vietnam War. Scores of American and Vietnamese women are interviewed. With Vietnam widow Xaun Nguyen Evans, Sonneborn takes us on a journey