The MFA in Social Documentary Film program guides and supports emerging artists to fully explore
the social documentary film form.
Not exact matches
When the album finally arrives, it will be flanked by their
documentary film, a
social media full - court press, and an augmented reality app that invites fans to be subversive promotional collaborators.
Something Ventured, a new
documentary film directed by husband - and - wife team Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, explores the lives of the men who, in the early 1960s when the venture capital industry was just beginning to take shape, risked
social status (and their money) to back the companies they truly believed in.
In 2014, he founded Participant Media, a production company that finances and produces
social - issue
films and
documentaries.
As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature
films, five
documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires
social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive
social change.
This is a month - long online seminar program hosted by authors, speakers, and
social justice activists Patti Digh and Victor Lee Lewis, who was featured in the
documentary film, The Color of Fear, with help from a community of people who want and are willing to help us understand the reality of racism by telling their stories and sharing their resources.
«I've been to Govanhill twice this year to
film for Dispossession, a
documentary on the
social housing crisis,» Sng says.
WHEN the
documentary film March of the Penguins came out in 2005, some Christians tried to exploit it to promote a conservative
social agenda.
But a University of Iowa (UI) sociologist and his co-researchers are the first to use the Internet and
social media to systematically show how a
documentary film reshaped public perception and ultimately led to municipal bans on hydraulic fracking.
The fruits of their labor, a
documentary film titled «Mysore Yoga Traditions» presents us with a unique, behind - the - scenes look at Ashtanga yoga, while at the same time shedding light on the worldview and
social background of the yoga community in Mysore.
*
documentary filmmaker - I make
films about
social issues * teacher - I teach socially conscious filmmaking to children...
The four fiction
films that follow the
documentaries were all made for politically motivated anthologies, and they focus on themes of
social change and personal identity.
Even though he's put out hits and misses, German director Wim Wenders has had an extraordinary career, balancing innovative narrative
films like Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire with memorable
documentaries The Buena Vista
Social Club and Pina.
Language: English Genre:
Documentary / Biography MPAA rating: R Director: Steve James Actors: Roger Ebert, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese Plot: A look at the life and cultural impact of Roger Ebert, one of the world's renowned
film critics and
social commentators - from his Pulitzer Prize
film reviews, to his long career with Gene Siskel to his late - life battle with cancer - it a both a poignant and insightful look into Ebert's world.
For the past 7 years, she led media engagement and
social impact initiatives supporting documentary film and is now bringing her expertise to narrative projects as Advisor on Impact & Social Innovation for Killer Content and their new creative studio venture Level Forward in partnership with filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail D
social impact initiatives supporting
documentary film and is now bringing her expertise to narrative projects as Advisor on Impact &
Social Innovation for Killer Content and their new creative studio venture Level Forward in partnership with filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail D
Social Innovation for Killer Content and their new creative studio venture Level Forward in partnership with filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail Disney.
In the last few years,
films made by first - timers with tiny budgets have tended to dominate, together with worthy
documentaries examining
social problems and global warming, the latter one of Redford's favourite hobby horses.
Thorpe's
documentary, which hit theaters in July and landed on Netflix this week, is an interesting
film in that it is part memoir, part
social study.
As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature
films, five
documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires
social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive
social change.
Consider them a reminder to re-watch one of modern
film's best
documentaries, and maybe even share them on your
social media.
This
documentary film recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world - renowned
film critic and
social commentator Roger Ebert - a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent.
Four of the nominated
films lean hard on pressing
social issues, always a plus, and no two overlap in subject matter, but the best
documentary in this category, Lucy Walker's Waste Land, doesn't lean hard on our
social issues.
The
film's producers are Motto Pictures» Carolyn Hepburn, whose credits include Sundance alums GOD LOVES UGANDA (2013), MANHUNT (2013), GIDEON»S ARMY (2013), and WE ARE THE GIANT (2014); and Minette Nelson, who also runs the BCF
Film Fund, which awards grants to
social justice and environmentally - focused
documentaries.
Written by Peter Straughan, and according to its credits «inspired» by the 2005
documentary film of the same name, «Our Brand is Crisis» uneasily mixes the star vehicle with the screwball - political - comedy / satire with the (half - heartedly, in the end) impassioned call to
social consciousness arms.
Filmmaker Dawn Porter's Trapped, the abortion rights
film that won Sundance
Film Festival 2016 ′ s U.S.
Documentary Special Jury Award for
Social Impact Filmmaking, is set to open theatrically on March 4, with subsequent broadcast dates in June on Independent Lens.
I chased The Other Side Of Hope with a
film whose existential metaphors and appreciation for the drudgery and
social habits of working stiffs couldn't be more different from Kaurismäki's droll, Capra-esque humanism: Good Luck (Grade: B), a striking
documentary mood - piece by the American experimental director Ben Russell (Let Each One Go Where He May, A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness).
Stray Dog is not one of those single - issue
documentaries dealing with a big public
social issue, but many of these issues come up naturally, and the
film presents them in a way that leaves it up to the viewers to come to their own positions.
Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producers Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) present LIFE ITSELF, a
documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world - renowned
film critic and
social commentator Roger Ebert — a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent.
Especially at this moment of
social crisis, it seems a moot point to dismiss relevancy as an insignificant part of any
film's power, something that goes double for a
documentary about a subject of this sort.
is the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires
social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive
social change, annually producing up to six narrative feature
films, five
documentary films, three episodic television series, and over 40 hours of digital short form programming through SoulPancake
Participant Media is the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires
social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive
social change, annually producing up to six narrative feature
films, five
documentary films, three episodic television series, and over 40 hours of digital short form programming through SoulPancake.
EXTRAS: There's a 44 - minute
documentary on making the movie and the
social responsibilities of portraying Native American people and their culture in
film.
Expansive in its coverage, and impassioned about its subject, the
film is very much a classic
social justice
documentary, right down to the final scenes of enormous crowds thronging the city streets, demanding change.
Guiding students in creating their own
documentary films is a daunting proposition for
social studies teachers who are responsible for teaching content and skills in a way that balances disciplinary skills and thinking with state - mandated tests that often emphasize a shallow understanding of content.
In terms of technology integration in this regard,
social studies researchers are concerned about media literacy, including the analysis of popular news media and feature
films and
documentaries.
«MHP is an awesome
documentary film company focused on creating
films with
social impact.
Coexist Learning Project Coexist is a
documentary film about government - mandated reconciliation following the Rwanda genocide, told from the point of view of victims, perpetrators, bystanders,
social commentators, and public officials.
Neal: Making
documentary films; working with
social entrepreneurs on projects to improve the world; solving the New York Times crossword puzzle, particularly on Fridays and Saturdays.
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With a focus on the impact that climate change is having in the region, the Belize International Film Festival will also screen
documentaries and short
films that encourage the development and use of green technologies and
social changes to safeguard the environment.
His use of color
film in the early 1980s, at a time when British photography was dominated by traditional black - and - white
social documentary, had a revolutionizing effect on the genre.
Pairs have been chosen for the dynamic interplay between the two selected works, and based on similar or contrasting themes, formal motifs, or geographic interests, as well as topics endemic to photography's discretely defined history:
social documentary, performative, and formal modes will be explored within the expanded discourse of
film and video.
Intimate
documentary 16 June Danny Lyon, known for his work in the style of photographic New Journalism, has always taken an interest in tackling
social and political issues, whether he's taking a picture, making a
film or writing a piece.
Further Information This talk gives a deeper understandings of Dick's unique approach to
film that continues to evade distinctions of
documentary, fiction, video art and music in dealing with
social and sexual politics.
Holzfeind presents a new
documentary film and installation on the Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments that consider how the
social fabric of these buildings has been shaped over time by their architecture.
Mr. Harris» most recent
film, Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People won the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding
Documentary film, a Fund for Santa Barbara
Social Justice Award and an Africa Movie Academy Award among others.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Screening: Cao Fei's Haze and Fog and i.Mirror by China Tracy (aka: Cao Fei) Second Life
Documentary Film at the Museum of Modern Art As part of its «
Documentary Fortnight» series, MoMA is screening two
films by Cao Fei, the Beijing - based artist and filmmaker who tackles Chinese economic and
social issues.
His use of color
film in the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when British photography was dominated by traditional black - and - white
social documentary, had a revolutionizing effect on the genre.
This year Perry won a BAFTA award for his
documentary «All in the Best Possible Taste», a
film about
social and cultural taste in Britain.
Between 1967 and 1980 the National
Film Board of Canada spearheaded a
social activist
documentary initiative placing
film skills into the hands of the people to tackle poverty, environmental, first nations and women's issues.
MFA thesis projects have included solo exhibitions, feature - length
documentaries, physical and e-book publications, performances,
social practice experiences, curated exhibitions,
film festivals, publishing projects, workshops, and other activities.