Workshop: Who Do You See? Casting as Recognition Member Only

Many of the difficulties documentary filmmakers encounter—in collaboration, in the fraught ethics of representation, in distribution—are often framed as problems of production. But could many of these difficulties begin much earlier, in who is chosen to be a part of our documentaries, and why? Director Sarvnik Kaur has built a filmography of films featuring protagonists whose lives, relationships, and situations embody contexts much beyond their individual selves. In this workshop, she will first share her philosophy of mutual recognition and surrender that leads her to subjects who are co-authors of their own stories, carrying truths larger than they yet realize. In the second half, Kaur will then guide selected audience members through a "stripped-from-the-headlines” exercise to help strengthen our casting muscles and build our storytelling instincts.

Facilitator: Sarvnik Kaur (Against the Tide)
Moderator: Brigid O'Shea (Documentary Association of Europe)