SHOOT YOUR DOC MASTERCLASS: CASTING FOR NONFICTION

The skills used to cast for feature films and theater are transferable to nonfiction. In this candid how-to session, award-winning filmmakers Stephanie Wang-Breal (Tough Love) and Jamila Wignot (Town Hall) and editor Penelope Falk (Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work) share their core criteria, best field practices, gut-hunch instincts and research methodologies for selecting, directing and editing compelling characters from first-meeting to on-screen. Moderator: Wendy Ettinger (Cofounder of Chicken & Egg Pictures and former Casting Director and Producer, War Room). Copresented by Chicken & Egg Pictures.