Documentary Film

Seeing, Henri Bergson says, delimits the perceptual field. That is to say, our perception removes, edits, limits the mass of data that surrounds us. And so as we see, we create a world, we create a film, which is to say... [more]

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FILM
10.30.09
FILM, Documentary Film, social revolution, EyeSteelFilm, Homeless Nation
Founded by documentary filmmaker Daniel Cross of EyeSteelFilm (Taqwacore, Up the Yangtze), Homeless Nation (www.homelessnation.org) is an example of social activism meeting process-based videomaking, where the point is not necessarily an end product, but an ongoing collaboration and community development. When Cross was making his films "The Street" and "S.P.I.T. - Squeegee Punks In Traffic", he was overwhelmed by the number of amazing stories that he heard from Montreal’s homeless community. He couldn’t fit them all into his films, so he decided to launch a forum where these stories could be told. Homeless Nation is a website as well as a non-profit outreach organization. The website acts as a virtual home, a repository for voices that might otherwise never be heard.
FILM
11.24.09
by Mazi
A look at Curfew and The Roof, two Palestinian films depicting the Cinematic Space of Occupation. Both Curfew by Rashid Masharawi and The Roof by Kamal Aljafari portray the cinematic space of occupation. Both films are situated in the occupied city
FILM
10.08.09
The Festival du nouveau cinema runs from October 7th-18th in Montreal, presenting more than 250 Canadian, Quebecois and International films, video, performance, multimedia work and interactive installation! And at the Festival is the World Premiere of the Muslim-Punk documentary Taqwacore: The
FILM
10.02.09
by Natalie
One day comedian Chris Rock's daughter, Lola asked him, "how come don't I have good hair?" The answer she got, a love letter from her father in the funny and political language he knows best, is Rock's new documentary "Good Hair."

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    Shot in Belfast on the 12th of April 2008. Produced in less than 10 hours as part of cinemasports and first screened at the Black Box the same day. a film by Michael Gurevich, Gascia Ouzounian & Paul Stapleton music by Pachuco purple noise by Carey Dodge
    3 months ago

What Does Ugc Portend For The Future Of Documentary Film?

It portends a $25,000 payday for $2.0m films.
Posted 4 months ago by Chris Vroom

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