Sentences with phrase «documentary film community»

Yance Ford has been an influential member of the documentary film community for some years, working as a programmer for POV and commissioning the works of others.

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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.

This documentary project was developed and produced with funding from THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS THE FLEDGLING FUND SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CAL HUMANITIES BERKELEY FILM FUND OHIO ARTS COUNCIL And individual supporters from our community through KICOMMUNITY FOUNDATION CAL HUMANITIES BERKELEY FILM FUND OHIO ARTS COUNCIL And individual supporters from our community through KIcommunity through KICKSTARTER

The Throwaways is a documentary film featuring a formerly incarcerated homeless man, Ira McKinley, and his struggles to reintegrate into and also change his local community in Albany, New York.

A documentary about the Snow Leopard Trust's community - managed livestock insurance program was selected as the best film about «People & Big Cats» at the International Big Cats Film Festival, held to celebrate World Wildlife Day.

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.

The supplements we do get, however, are worthwhile — two documentaries, one a brief introduction to Spielberg's educationally minded Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, the other a feature - length film in which surviving Schindler Jews vividly recall their ravaged Polish community and the German - Catholic industrialist who saved them.»

Taking inspiration from the personal life of his leading man (Lustig is a widowed grocer upon whose stories the screenplay is loosely based), Weinstein draws on his experience as a documentary film - maker to conjure a drama rooted in the reality of these characters and their community.

The IDA Documentary Screening Series brings the year's best documentary films to the IDA community and members of industry guilds and orgDocumentary Screening Series brings the year's best documentary films to the IDA community and members of industry guilds and orgdocumentary films to the IDA community and members of industry guilds and organizations.

Our works - in - progress screening series offers the public and members of the film community advance access to new documentaries in progress and the opportunity to provide feedback and to participate in behind - the - scenes conversation with filmmakers and creators.

Our works - in - progress screening series offers the public and members of the film community advance access to new documentaries in progress and the opportunity to provide feedback and to participate in behind - th...

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

For such reasons, this year, while drawing attention to the importance of documentaries, I selected films which evoke questions of aesthetics within the community of Korean independent documentary filmmaking.

Independent Film Festival Boston for providing our city with a world class film festival experience for ten years running, creating community and showcasing a diverse lineup of independent film that includes rich programming in documentary and shorts.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS AQUADETTES (Directors: Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari)-- The Aquadettes are a group of elderly synchronized swimmers from Leisure World, a retirement community nestled in Orange County, California.

Bay Area filmmaker Peter Bratt («Dolores») was honored with the Marlon Riggs Award «for courage and innovation in the Bay Area film community,» and the documentary «Brimstone & Glory» won a special citation from the SFFCC.

What You Need To Know: Michel Gondry «s films are generally regarded as surrealist and wacky, but this discounts the realism and community concerns found in documentaries and docu - dramas like «The Thorn In The Heart,» «The We And The I,» and even the second half of «Be Kind Rewind.»

Word Is Out A collective production of the Mariposa Film Group, this 1977 documentary was among the first films to give a free voice to members of the gay and lesbian community.

The competition juries, comprised of individuals from the worldwide film community with original and diverse points of view, select films from both the documentary and dramatic categories to receive a range of awards.

Ezra Edelman's five - part documentary film O.J.: Made in America explores two parallel historical narratives: 1) The story of post-Watts race relations in Los Angeles, specifically the tensions between the LAPD and the black community; and 2) the story of a preternaturally talented black athlete who sought to shed his racial identity to achieve «white» success, only for him to reclaim it at a crucial moment.

The centerpiece film is Mankiller, a documentary about Cherokee community organizer Wilma Mankiller, directed by Valerie Red - Horse Mohl; it will be followed by a post-screening conversation with Red - Horse Mohl, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, and Gloria Steinem.

(2000), the breakthrough film in which Fontainhas residents (most notably Vanda Duarte) play fictionalized versions of themselves as documentary footage depicts the demolition of their neighborhood, Costa first immersed himself in the community, shooting over 150 hours of footage as a one - man crew.

Serving as producers are Orwa Nyrabia, co-founder of Syria's documentary fest, DOX BOX, whose detention by military authorities in August - September of 2012 drew the attention of the international film community; and Ventana Film's Hans Robert Eisenhauer, a Sundance alum as executive producer of both SINS OF MY FATHER (2010) and WHY WE FIGHT (2005) for ZDF / ARTE.

The music teacher and bandleader from the smaller, more rural community of Teutopolis had already garnered several regional Emmys as well as the attention of PBS and the Smithsonian for documentary films he'd taught himself how to make.

Juniors tackle one yearlong capstone project, such as producing a documentary film, programming an autonomously driven vehicle, or launching a community service initiative.

She uses participatory community methods such as digital storytelling, documentary film, and photovoice to deepen our understanding of health.

The film «The Hay Days of North Campbell River» produced by the curatorial staff at the Museum at Campbell River is a short documentary that comprises a collection of memories of the people who grew up in North Campbell River when that community was in a state of great flux.

The film «The Hay Days of North Campbell River» produced by the curatorial staff at the Museum at Campbell River is a short documentary that comprises a collection of memories of the people who grew up in North Campbell River when that community was in a state of great...

Over 20 years in the Bay Area film community lighting sets for major Hollywood films and documentaries.

This first solo presentation of works by South Korean artist Park Chan - kyong presents a series of his latest film and documentary works that offers a new perspective on folk religious practices such as shamanism and utopian religious communities, from the period of colonisation and the cold war to the present time.

Her recently completed film project, HORACE TAPSCOTT: MUSICAL GRIOT is a documentary on musical genius, community activist and mentor to a generation of accomplished jazz musicians, Horace Tapscott.

Upon completion, the documentary will be submitted to film festivals and made available to the public through community screenings, with a special focus on West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region.

Starting with the Black List, a documentary film exploring race, identity and achievement in the African - American community.

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz's (b. 1972, San Juan, Puerto Rico) projects grapple with the slippery distinctions between ethnography, fiction, and documentary film and examine the symbolic and material histories of the communities she observes with her camera.

Taylor's blood and sweat fill the frame, and estrange the spectator whose voyeuristic position is further challenged by the aging of the film to allude to ethnographic documentaries of Aboriginal desert communities.

Focusing exclusively on art -, music - and culture - related movies, Arthouse Films («Where art and film collide») produces and / or distributes around 15 to 20 titles a year, from documentaries about specific artists (c: The Radiant Child) or other figures in the art world (Herb & Dorothy, on art collecting duo Herb and Dorothy Vogel) to in - depth looks at specific movements (Beautiful Losers, a tribute to the»90s DIY movement) or communities (The Cool School, about the Ferus Gallery and its role in bringing the L.A. art scene of age).

Alvarez is currently part of a sci - fi documentary film and transmedia project about the imaginative and material processes of building transcendent, utopian communities in Brasília, Brazil.

Drop City is the first feature - length documentary film about the artists who created a community of iconographic dwellings from the scrapheap of a wasteful society.

That same template established in the documentary course through which I worked with Prof. Maria Luskay and energetic student teams to create six films that capture the reality that any environmental solution will fail if it does not integrate the economic needs and norms of local communities.

Longer - range plans include delivering healthy - foods curricula to teachers, community screenings of a documentary film presenting school lunch success stories, a student poster contest, lobbying to bolster the National School Lunch Program, and more.

- We hired a film - maker to create a documentary about the elders of the community and what «sustained them» from the past 100 years, so that we could carry those principles forward into Greenbridge.

On the other side of that coin, once again tonight HBO airs another very powerful documentary film, called Mann v. Ford, by co-directors Maro Chermayeff and Micah Fink, which showcases how vitally important the civil justice system and plaintiff's lawyers are to help communities seek justice when powerful corporations have harmed them.

I introduced Chris to the NYC bitcoin community and we worked together on the many components of documentary film production.

Ms. Payson currently coordinates a group private practice in Winsted, CT., provides EMDR consultation to clinicians working in private and community settings, and is Co-Producer of the documentary «Recovering Community» — a film that explores the personal, political and cultural roots of acommunity settings, and is Co-Producer of the documentary «Recovering Community» — a film that explores the personal, political and cultural roots of aCommunity» — a film that explores the personal, political and cultural roots of addiction.