The Docs of New York November 2005
We devote this issue to the sights, sounds and smells of the Big Apple: New York-based filmmakers talk about what it is that makes NYC the center of gravity.
When cities recover from hard financial times, creative souls are often pushed to the peripheries. It should come as no surprise that the young
As Los Angeles is synonymous in our minds with the film industry, New York, although with less fanfare, is the predominant center of cable--and,
No other city rivals New York's love affair with the movies. No city looks quite so beautiful on film. From the dawn of film history, New York was
If you happen to wander into the Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City, California from October 29-November 1, 2005, you may notice an abundance of smart- WITNESS, the nonprofit human rights organization conceived by musician and activist Peter Gabriel to empower human rights defenders to use video for
Is New York City really the center of independent documentary filmmaking, or does it just seem that way? Short answer: it is. Sorry, to those of you
You hear about an incredible retrospective of early American avant-garde film at your local museum, you mark it on your calendar, you promise
Almost anyone in docs will tell you: Albert Maysles is a giant of generosity, full of humor about the human race. My friendship with him began in the
One could say that a well-made documentary provides viewers with "the next best thing to being there." While the cyber age allows us to operate more
The first place one thinks of when considering of New York City is Manhattan. Why not? It has the most amazing skyline on the planet. What can
"This is it! This is it!!! This Is It!!!!!!!!" Those three words resonate with me. Let me tell you why. When I was in eighth grade, my friend Dave
Swaying palms, oversized sunglasses and Blackberrys galore... You guessed it: I was at the Los Angeles Film Festival, held in June and organized by
Walking toward the new IFC Center in the West Village, I passed the site of the old Bleecker Street Cinema, one of the mainstays of independent
It all started with a lie. It was perpetuated in the post-9/11 cauldron, when, after the shock, devastation and grief, the conspiracy theories began- On Hurricane Katrina, reporting and docmaking.
A review of 'A New History of Documentary Film,' by Jack C. Ellis and Betsy A. McLane.