Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. With the midterm elections a month away, tune in to POV October 1 for the TV premiere of Kimberly Reed's Dark Money, which takes viewers to Montana to tell the story, through the perspective of one intrepid investigative journalist, of campaign finance and its impact on politics, democracy and governance. Student Athlete, which premieres October 2 on HBO, examines the complex rules of amateur athletics in America and how they affect uncompensated athletes and their families
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The ArcLight Cinema and its surroundings are not typically crowded at 9:00 a.m. on a weekday morning. But over the past three days, the area was swarming with credential-wearing, tote-carrying documentary filmmakers and smiling, helpful, eager volunteers clad in bright orange T-shirts. Nonfiction had descended on Hollywood. What were my takeaways from Getting Real? Fifty-two pages of furiously scribbled notes, two large handfuls of precious business cards, a long list of documentary films to catch up on, reconnections with old friends I had not seen in years, and many new acquaintances made
As the conference is named Getting Real and this dispatch is of a more personal nature, my job here is to, yes, keep it real. That’s why I must confess: when I'm really enthused about something, I use rhyming expressions. My response to my Wednesday Getting Real experience? It rocks my socks. In fact, it's the bee's knees. All day, I felt the enormity and depth of the wisdom, talent, experience, passion, creativity and intelligence surrounding me, during every panel and presentation, in every gathered audience. Whether or not we find our way in this world depends on people like the attendees
I'm Tracie Lewis. I'm a film lover, adjunct film instructor, filmmaker, storyteller and three-time Getting Real attendee. Getting Real '18 is bigger and better! This conference has grown in several ways since the first one four years ago. This year there are thoughtful panels, fresh ideas, new faces, expanded venues, a younger demographic of attendees and a large group of very helpful volunteers wearing easily identifiable orange tees. There is so much more this year: Carefully curated panels, topics, case studies, funding initiatives and discussions with interesting and engaging facilitators
Tuesday morning, the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood buzzed with introductions, reconnections and reunions as Getting Real 2018 attendees settled into their three-day conference journey. IDA Executive Director Simon Kilmurry offered opening remarks, encouraging everyone to "talk, engage, listen and debate," perfectly setting the stage for Molly Thompson's keynote, which centered around one question: What is a documentary filmmaker? As Senior Vice President of Feature Films at A+E Networks, Thompson has overseen such Academy Award-nominated docs as Life, Animated; Cartel Land; Jesus Camp and
Click Here For Full Report The State of the Documentary Field initiative was shaped by the Center for Media & Social Impact, in collaboration with Simon Kilmurry, executive director of the International Documentary Association, with review also provided by Patricia Aufderheide, CMSI founder. CMSI affiliate researcher Bill Harder consulted on survey programming and also served as an additional data analyst. CMSI communications and program manager Varsha Ramani served as communication director and publication editor. Olivia Klaus, documentary filmmaker and graphic designer, created the report
Getting Real ‘18 is almost here! Whether you’ll be joining us in LA or in spirit, you might want to study up on the stellar slate of filmmakers who will be discussing both their work and the issues that matter most to the community. Here are some docs to get real to: American Promise Directed by Getting Real ‘18 keynote Michèle Stephenson, American Promise provides a rare look into black middle-class life while exploring the common hopes and hurdles of parents navigating their children's educational journey. Watch It: Vudu (free with ads), iTunes, YouTube Movies, Google Play, Amazon Call Her
"Arthur Pratt. Everybody was telling me, if I was looking for a filmmaker in Sierra Leone, go meet with Arthur Pratt," says Banker White from his office in San Francisco. Across thousands of miles, speaking from his home in Freetown, Pratt tells the exact same story from his point of view. "People were telling [Banker White] about me because people know me as one of the first filmmakers in Sierra Leone." This was the start of what has become over a decade-long professional collaboration between the two filmmakers, one that resulted in their new documentary, Survivors. White spent a great deal
Essential Doc Reads is a weekly feature in which the IDA staff recommends recent pieces about the documentary form and its processes. Here we feature think pieces and important news items from around the Internet, and articles from the Documentary magazine archive. We hope you enjoy! IndieWire revisits Freida Lee Mock's 2014 film Anita as the US Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanagh take on a familiar tone. Next week, it’s expected that both Supreme Court appointee Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexual assault during their high school
Note: Augmented reality (AR) generally refers to digital content overlaid on the physical world. Mixed reality (MR) represents a more comprehensive integration of virtual and physical, in which virtual objects map onto, and are responsive to, features of the physical environment. Meanwhile, the term XR, or extended reality, is gaining traction as an umbrella term for a wide range of experiences that combine physical and virtual worlds, including AR, MR and VR. (X acts as a variable that can stand for any letter.) These related terms and concepts remain fluid; while this article focuses on AR