The PaleyDocFest2011 may already be underway, but don’t feel like it’s too late to dive in headfirst and start catching up on some of the best documentary films of 2011. This year, The Paley Center for Media in New York City is featuring 10 documentary features and several in-person appearances, panels and workshops in the company of many leading names in documentary film.
One such exciting event is The Doc Filmmaker Taking On Power, a surely inspiring panel presented by the International Documentary Association. Scheduled for Thursday, October 20 at 6:30pm ET, this panel will feature Josh Fox, director of IDA Pare Lorentz Award finalist and Academy Award-nominated Gasland, and Joe Berlinger, director of the acclaimed Crude. Along with influential lawyer Karen Shatzkin and moderator Joe Neumaier (film critic, New York Daily News), the panelists will discuss how the independent documentary filmmaker often confronts powerful entities – including corporate and governmental – that make production difficult and troublesome. This panel is a must for any emerging filmmaker who desires to make a socially conscious film.
Alongside this fantastic panel, PaleyDocFest2011 is screening 2011 DocuWeeks alums Miss Representation and Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey on the evenings of October 14 and October 17, respectively. Miss Representation, an interrogation of the skewed image of women in the media, will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. At Monday’s screening of Being Elmo, we can promise that director/producer Constance Marks and a colorful cast of characters (wink!) will be in attendance after the film.
The best part about this whole event is that IDA Members receive the special Paley Center member discount on all events and screenings! IDA Members can enter the code "groups" to receive special discounted ticket price when purchasing online. It’s a good time to be a supporter of documentary!
Find out more on PaleyDocFest2011 here.