The art of the short documentary is at the heart of TONY DE NONNO’S lifelong body of work. He discusses his sense of visceral and formal aesthetics.
DOC TALK: Karen Shatzkin (Nov. 12, 2012)
Doc Talk – November 12, 2012
Indie Layer – Karen Shatzkin clarifies the documentary practice of ‘fair use’ and other doc legalities. A highly regarded indie lawyer and long-time friend to the Doc Studies program, Shatzkin offers invaluable perspective on the vast terrain of legal rights and wrongs for documentary producers. Continue reading “DOC TALK: Karen Shatzkin (Nov. 12, 2012)”
Doc Talk: Jeff Malmberg on making Marwencol (Oct. 11, 2011)
Q&A with Jeff Malmberg speaking on the making of his film, “Marwencol”, 2010.
Doc Talk: Alan Berliner (March. 2011)
Q&A with Alan Berliner last March 2011. “Translating Edwin Honig: A Poet’s Alzheimer’s”, a short film which preceded his new feature “First Cousin Once Removed” recently shown at NYFF 2012.
Laura Poitras: The Program
LAURA POITRAS, MACARTHUR FELLOW, ON DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE IN THE POST 9/11 SECURITY STATE
Monday, October 22 at 1 pm
Filmmaker Laura Poitras, a newly named 2012 MacArthur Fellow, presents The Program, an Op-Doc for the New York Times on the N.S.A.’s top-secret domestic spying program. This documentary short is part of Laura Poitras’ recent body of work on the post-9/11 world. Continue reading “Laura Poitras: The Program”
Doc Talk: Jem Cohen (Oct. 17, 2011)
Jem Cohen films the landscapes of cities. Inspired by Vigo and Vertov, he has made over 50 films of urban places imbued by history and the imagined future. At this year’s Festival del Film Locarno he received the Art Cinema Award for his new feature Museum Hours.
Doc Talk: Albert Maysles (Oct. 24, 2011)
The legendary filmmaker and direct cinema innovator ALBERT MAYSLES discusses his form of compassionate observational documentary. (Fall 2011)
The New School Doc Studies 