This episode was recorded live on June 19, 2020. Episode 8 of Friday Fix previews highlights of the AFI Docs festival accessible online throughout the U.S. The festival will show a newly restored version of William Greaves’ classic documentary of the 1972 National Black Political Convention, Nationtime-Gary. Greaves’ legacy will be discussed by Shola Lynch, […]
This episode was recorded live on June 12, 2020. On Episode 7, filmmaker Lacey Schwartz Delgado (Little White Lie) talks about fostering dialogues about race. Plus two directors with documentaries coming to the Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Ursula Liang discusses the politics of protesting police that arise in Down a Dark Stairwell; and Shalini Kantayya […]
This episode was recorded live on August 7, 2020. On Episode 12, Blackstar film festival director Maori Holmes Karmael discusses the beloved annual event going online in August. The directing trio of Eli Despres, Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman discuss filming with ACLU lawyers battling the Trump Administration in The Fight. Filmmaker Bao Nguyen talks […]
This episode was recorded live on July 24, 2020. On Episode 11, Tom Oyer, Associate Director at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), joins us to discuss the body’s new rules for the 2020 Oscars in the wake of Covid-19. Filmmaker Carol Dysinger, director of Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), 2019 Academy […]
This episode was recorded live on July 10, 2020. On Episode 10, we talk to director Dawn Porter about her new film John Lewis: Good Trouble about the civil rights crusader. Filmmaker Sam Feder discusses his Netflix documentary Disclosure about transgender representation in film and television. Judith Helfand talks about her film Cooked: Survival by Zip Code examining how poor communities […]
Monday Memo: Hajooj Kuka Jailed in Khartoum, Documentary Producers Alliance Release Guidelines, ‘Inconvenient Indian’ Wins TIFF Doc Audience Award
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This event was recorded live on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. DOC NYC PRO presents a day dedicated to documentary editing and post-production, including sessions on storytelling and narrative; developing the director-editor relationship, especially while working remotely; and sound and music editing. After our panel sessions, attendees can also join us for an interactive Q&A breakout […]
Monday Memo: Fall fest news from TIFF, NYFF, IDFA & more