Bagels & Coffee
2015
Reaching Your Audience Day: Social Issue Distribution
Social issue documentaries now have more opportunities than ever to be seen on platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and iTunes. Experts including Christie Marchese (Picture Motion), Jennifer MacArthur (Borderline Media), Scott Glosserman (Gathr) and filmmaker Lacey Schwartz (Little White Lie) discuss the advantages and challenges of digital distribution for social issue documentaries. Moderator: Andrea Holley (Human Rights Watch […]
Reaching Your Audience Day: Case Studies – Reaching Your Audience
Producer Daniel Chalfen and director Gabriel London of The Mind of Mark DeFriest along with Director/Producer Kelly Nyks (Requiem for the American Dream, Disruption & Split: A Deeper Divide) present case studies and give roadmaps for the best ways that filmmakers can maximize their audience. Moderator: Jennifer MacArthur (Borderline Media) Attend this day’s events with an All Access Pass, […]
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Insiders Conference: Archival & Survival Day – Overview
How do we continue to preserve, while continuing to use, archival material in the wake of the digital revolution? Co-presented by Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors (ACSIL) and the International Documentary Association (IDA) Bagels & coffee 9:15-10:00am Morning Manifesto 10:00-10:30am Shola Lynch discusses the importance of archives from her dual perspectives as a filmmaker […]
THE HUNTING GROUND
Having previously investigated rape in the military in the Oscar-nominated The Invisible War, Kirby Dick turns his attention to another insidious bastion of sexual assaults: the college campus. While 20 percent of female college students experience sexual violence, few report the crime, and their perpetrators typically suffer no consequences. The Hunting Ground lays bare the […]
KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK
Years in the making, this film delivers an in-depth portrait of the Nirvana singer-songwriter like nothing before. Oscar-nominated director Brett Morgen (On the Ropes, The Kid Stays in the Picture) gains access to personal archives of art, music and never-before- seen home movies, interwoven with animation and candid interviews with his closest friends and family. […]
MORGAN GREEN SHAVES HER HEAD BACKWARDS
NYC PREMIERE Morgan Green records and manipulates a video of herself shaving her head in an attempt to control her perceived identity.
María 95
WORLD PREMIERE A filmmaker unearths discarded home video footage of a Gen-X’er only known as “María.”