Getting Real

April 1, 2019 @

Getting Real '18: Mock Deposition: The IDA vs. Marco Williams

Accuracy, facts and fairness are hallmarks of nonfiction storytelling and sacrosanct in journalism. Documentary filmmakers are obliged to follow local, state and federal laws and may be subject to legal complaints and lawsuits. In the early civil discovery process, depositions are held out-of-...
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January 31, 2019

Where Shakespeare Meets Scheherazade: Towards a North-South Camaraderie in Documentary

Editor’s Note: Orwa Nyrabia is the artistic director of International Documentary Filmmaker Amsterdam (IDFA). He was born in Syria, where, in 2002,

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January 31, 2019

DOCUMENTARY POWER: A New Manifesto

Editor’s Note: Chi-hui Yang is program officer at Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative . What follows is an edited version of his keynote address

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January 30, 2019

What Matters in Documentary Filmmaking

Editor’s Note: Molly Thompson is Senior Vice President of Feature Films at A&E Networks. In 2005 she launched the network’s feature documentary

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January 30, 2019

Beyond Inclusion: Building Narratives of Liberation

Transcription of Michele Stephenson's Keynote address from Getting Real '18.

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November 26, 2018

Emerging Media and Future Realities at Getting Real

Mixed reality, artificial intelligence and other innovations are rapidly shifting the landscape of media and society. As storytellers, we have a

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October 31, 2018

My First Getting Real Conference: Heroes and Humans

As a documentary filmmaker with one project in distribution, one in post and one in development, it felt like a perfect moment to attend IDA’s

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October 26, 2018

Reenactment Reconsidered at Getting Real: Addressing the Nonfiction Fantasy

Reenactments have been a part of documentary since the very beginning of the form: Robert Flaherty's seminal 1922 film Nanook of the North , arguably

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October 19, 2018

A Space for Contemplation: "Creative Courage in Nonfiction Storytelling" at Getting Real

Alain Resnais said about Night and Fog , "I want to address the viewer in a critical state…to create a space for contemplation." In the Getting Real

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October 17, 2018

Getting Real '18: Energizing Advocacy and Mobilizing the Public Sphere in Fraught Times

Getting Real 2018 used complementary sessions to examine documentaries as tools for public knowledge and action as well as the policies, best

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