Until we become parents, our own parents are those mythical, mystical authority figures whom we have only known as authority figures. Your parents were the grown-ups who taught you table manners, scolded you, dressed you, supported you, grounded you and rewarded you. And they are always your parents--no matter how old you are or mature you think you are, you can't help melting into a sheepish puddle trying to please them. No matter how hard you try, you just can't kill your inner Beaver Cleaver. Sooner or later, you want to know about your parents--I mean, really know. You rummage through the
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I guess it wasn't until I started making documentary films that I realized the prospect of failure was so acute. There's no guarantee that what you start out filming will be as captivating as you imagine. And the more stripped down the style, the higher the risk of failure. That's exactly why I so admire the documentary films of the '60s. I'm referring, of course, to the classic cinema vérité works of Robert Drew, DA Pennebaker and the Maysles Brothers. It's what I grew up on in the '60s and '70s: the filmmaker as proverbial fly on the wall. Human behavior, the subtleties of expression--what
Latino Producers AcademyApplication Deadline Extended to Wednesday, June 8 NALIP believes that a Producer is the creative originator of films, a self-starter who recognizes ideas that have artistic or commercial merit. Producers must have passion, sensitivity for story and audience, plus the organizational ability and practical smarts to put together a project, then guide it to and through the marketplace. NALIP’s Latino Producers Academy™ (LPA) provides our Fellows with the practical skills and knowledge to accomplish their personal goals and realize their artistic dreams as filmmakers.The
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