Scene Index
Disc #1 -- Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
2. Becoming a Filmmaker [2:28]
3. What is Documentary? [5:37]
4. Where Do Ideas Come From? [7:00]
5. Planning & Preparation [5:12]
6. Casting from Real Life [5:51]
7. Director & Subject Relationship [2:50]
8. The Art of the Interview [8:14]
9. Truth: A Contested Notion [4:52]
10. Ethics: Representing Reality [4:53]
11. Risk & Adversity [3:23]
12. Access & Trust [4:09]
13. Getting the Shots [9:37]
14. The Power of Images [3:29]
15. Recreating Reality [5:41]
16. Designing Sound [4:31]
17. Music: Enhancement or Intrusion? [6:07]
18. Narration: A Voice in Your Ear [2:06]
19. Cutting Reality: The Art of Editing [6:35]
20. Epilogue [3:05]
21. Credits [1:23]
Disc #2 -- Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
1. Jennifer Baichwal [1:21]
2. Manfred Becker [:00]
3. Michel Brault [1:04]
4. Nick Broomfield [:00]
5. Joan Churchhill [1:08]
6. Malcolm Clarke [:00]
7. Eduardo Coutinho [:51]
8. Paul Cowan [:00]
9. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade [1:06]
10. Molly Dineen [:00]
11. Jennifer Cox [1:01]
12. Serge Gigučre [:00]
13. Denis Gheerbrant [3:06]
14. Patricio Guzmán [:00]
15. Werner Herzog [1:17]
16. Scott Hicks [:00]
17. Heddy Honigmann [1:19]
18. Jean-Daniel Lafond [:00]
19. Sylvain L'Espérance [:32]
20. Jean-Pierre Lledo [:00]
21. Kim Longinotto [:58]
22. Kevin Macdonald [:00]
23. Catherine Martin [:59]
24. Albert Maysles [:00]
25. Errol Morris [:41]
26. Stan Neumann [:00]
27. Laura Poitras [:58]
28. Emmanuel Priou [:00]
29. Velcrow Ripper [1:44]
30. Hubert Sauper [:00]
31. Rakesh Sharma [:51]
32. Claire Simon [:00]
33. Barry Stevens [:49]
34. Sabiha Sumar [:00]
35. Nettie Wild [:41]
36. Peter Wintonick [:00]
37. Jessica Yu [1:07]
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Capturing Reality - The Art of Documentary
Filmmakers
A Creative Engagement with the World
On Chris Marker's Sans Soleil
Being Ready to Abandon the Plan
I Can't Stand B-Roll
Working Sound and Picture Together
Director as Immune System of the Film
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Biography
Filmography
Reinventing Reality
Editor as Therapist
A Place Called Chiapas: "We Thought We'd Nailed It"
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Biography
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Sound Meets Image
Wrestling: A Chance Encounter That Changed an Idea
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Biography
Filmography
The Limitations Of Verité
The Advantage of Re-Interviewing
Meeting Aileen Wuornos
Showing the Context of Everyday Life
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Biography
Filmography
Building a Rapport
The Intuitive Camera
Shooting: The Art of Anticipation
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Biography
Filmography
Portraying Evil
It's All About Respecting Your Subjects
Giving Voice to Bad Guys
The Ideal Cameraperson
The Importance of Happy Accidents
"You Shouldn't Trick 'em"
Narration: Of Mortar, Bridges and Glue
The Battle between Word and Image
"The Editor Basically has to tolerate me"
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Biography
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Inventing Oneself for the Camera
The Character, The Place, The Moment
It's Not a Friendship
Interviewing: Telling It for the First Time
"I'm Not the Same Because I Have a Camera"
Filming: It's a Relationship
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Entering Other Worlds
Looking for Conflict
A Sticky Situation in the Congo
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Biography
Filmography
The Origin of The Staircase
Staying True to "Reality"
The Outsider's Advantage
Framing Your Subject
Leaving Space for Emotional Engagement
Editing as Sculpture
The Opening: Creating Intrigue
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Biography
Filmography
From Tea Girl to Film School
Six Months Lost on the London Underground
"Part of you is thinking, God That's Bloody Sad"
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Biography
Filmography
"I Thought We Were Stealing Stories"
Finding a Reliable Guide
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Biography
Filmography
A Dream Come True
Leonard Helmrich: Creating Poetry
An Improvisational Approach
Playing the Role of One's Life
A Passion for Shooting Hand-Held
9, St-Augustin: Mise-en-Scčne Inspired by Real Life
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Biography
Filmography
Director-Subject-Spectator
Compassion: The Doorway to Voyeurism
A Confrontation of Fiction
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Biography
Filmography
Our Own Take on Reality
The Great Archive of Humanity
The Battle of Chile: Continuing the Debate
Reality is Chaos
The Battle of Chile: Bringing Order to Chaos
The Music of Everyday Life
The Battle of Chile: Chris Marker to the Rescue
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Biography
Filmography
Dr. Fu Manchu: A Decisive Moment
Risk: The Fine Line
"If It Explodes, We'll Have at Least One Spectacular Image!"
I Memorize the Entire Footage
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Biography
Filmography
Agitation of the Mind
Asking the Right Questions
"What's Your Story?"
Lessons Learned with the Chinese Army
See the Music, Hear the Image
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Biography
Filmography
The Underground Orchestra: Anatomy of a Scene
Biography
Filmography
Making Sense of the World
Sound = Picture
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Biography
Filmography
Form and Content: An Intimate Relationship
A Dialogue with the Audience
Cinéma Verité: A Moment in History
Johan van der Keuken: Breaking the Barriers
The Aimless Wanderer
The Director as Outsider
Trust & Artistic Control
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Biography
Filmography
Violence in the Absence of Images
Biography
Filmography
Divorce Iranian Style: Moving Beyond Stereotypes
Divorce Iranian Style: Casting Judge Deldar
Divorce Iranian Style: Free to Be Themselves
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Biography
Filmography
When We Were Kings and Thinking Big
"The Wonder of the Variety of Real Life"
Jennings, Morris & Maysales
Getting Past Self-Image
Using People's Lives as Your Raw Material
The Power of the Close-Up
Touching the Void: Making It as Real as Possible
I Never Get Tired of the Magic of Editing
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Biography
Filmography
Following Intuition
A Relationship of Exchange
There's a Camera in the Room
Leaving Space for Imagination
Creating Reality with Sound
Why Use Music?
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Biography
Filmography
The Human Need to Disclose
The Importance of Being an Observer
Two Extremes to Avoid
"Stay With It!"
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Biography
Filmography
Breaking The Rules
"Born to Babble"
The Fog of War: Interviewing McNamara
The Robert S. McNamara Homework Assignment
The Thin Blue Line: A Rather Circuitous Path Into a Story
The Thin Blue Line: Reenacting P.O.V.'s
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Biography
Filmography
It Has To Be Personal
Informational Bulimia
Is It Really A Film?
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Biography
Filmography
It's Like Writing a Novel
My Country, My Country: "Not a Film About Me In Iraq"
"Have You Accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Your Savior?"
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Biography
Filmography
The Anthropomorphic Nature of Penguins
Editing: A Creative Dialogue
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Biography
Filmography
A Constant Search for Answers
Keeping Memory Alive
A Sacred Trust
"I'm Not That Interested In The Facts"
"It's Not Eye Candy"
A Place Called Chiapas: Blurring the Line Between Sound & Music
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Biography
Filmography
Giving Voice toThose Who Are Not Heard
Biography
Filmography
An Alternative to Mainstream Media
Colliding with People
"I Put Nothing On Paper"
A Question of Approach
"I'm in the Thick of It"
"As it we were just having a conversation"
Working With Two Cameras
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Biography
Filmography
The French Nouvelle Vague
Editing: It's Not About Fabricating Illusions
The Importance of Experimentation
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Biography
Filmography
From Factory Worker to Documentarian
It's Defined by the Frame
Finding the Two Poles
The Click Moment
"Great! Another Problem for the Hero"
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Biography
Filmography
A Way to Reach People
"It's Like a Mirror"
Dissolving the Distance
"I Began to Realize I Could Be In Prison"
Creating Visual Metaphors: Burkas on the Beach
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Biography
Filmography
First Day on the Job
"You've Become Something Like The Furniture"
Assessing Risk in Chiapas
A Rustling of Leaves: A Harsh Lesson About Risk
A Place Called Chiapas: Pushing Sound into the Abstract
Embracing Narration
Narration as Haiku
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Biography
Filmography
Even the First Doc Was Fiction!
The Liberation (of Documentary)
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Biography
Filmography
Finding the Story
How to Talk to Composers
In The Realms of the Unreal: Music as a Character
Having a Blueprint
"What I Love About Editing"
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Biography
Filmography
Topics
Getting Started
Exploring The Genre
What is Documentary?
Peter Wintonick - Even the First Doc Was Fiction!
Barry Stevens - It's Defined by the Frame
Patricio Guzmán - Our Own Take On Reality
Sylvain L'Esperance - Form and Content: An Intimate Relationship
Jean-Daniel Lafond - Making Sense of the World
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The Social Role of Documentary
Patricio Guzmán - The Great Archive of Humanity
Sylvain L'Espérance - A Dialogue with the Audience
Sabiha Sumar - "It's Like A Mirror"
Patricio Guzmán - The Battle of Chile: Continuing the Debate
Sabiha Sumar - Dissolving the Distance
Jean-Pierre Lledo - Violence in the Absence of Images
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Cinéma-Verité: The Fly on the Wall
Peter Wintonick - The Liberation (of Documentary)
Michel Brault- Sound Meets Image
Laura Poitras - It's Like Writing a Novel
Sylvain L'Esperance - Cinéma Verité: A Moment in History
Nick Broomfield - The Limitations of Verité
Errol Morris - Breaking the Rules
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Influences
Jennifer Baichwal - On Chris Marker's Sans Soleil
Scott Hicks - Agitation of the Mind
Serge Gigučre - Leonard Helmrich: Creating Poetry
Kevin Macdonald - Jennings, Morris & Maysles
Claire Simon - The French Nouvelle Vague
Sylvain L'Esperance - Johan van der Keuken: Breaking the Barriers
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Planning & Preparation
Ideas & Inspiration
Paul Cowan - Looking for Conflict
Stan Newmann - It Has To Be Personal
Molly Dineen - Six Months Lost on the London Underground
Jean-Xavier de Lestraude - The Origin of The Staircase
Kim Longinotto: Divorce Iranian Style: Moving Beyond Stereotypes
Michel Brault - Wrestling: A Chance Encounter That Changed an Idea
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Research
Scott Hicks - Asking the Right Questions
Stan Neumann - Informational Bulimia
Sylvain L'Esperance - The Aimless Wanderer
Rakesh Sharma - Colliding with People
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Structure & Approach
Patricio Guzmán - Reality is Chaos
Rakesh Sharma - "I Put Nothing On Paper"
Jessica Yu - Finding the Story
Catherine Martin - Following Intuition
Barry Stevens - Finding the Two Poles
Serge Gigučre - An Improvisational Approach
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Relationships
Casting From Real Life
Eduardo Coutinho - Inventing Oneself for the Camera
Barry Stevens - The Click Moment
Serge Gigučre - Playing the Role of One's Life
Malcolm Clarke - Portraying Evil
Kim Longinotto - Divorce Iranian Style: Casting Judge Deldar
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Why People Talk to Cameras
Errol Morris - "Born to Babble"
Albert Maysles - The Human Need to Disclose
Velcrow Ripper - Keeping Memory Alive
Albert Maysles - The Importance of Being an Observer
Catherine Martin - A Relationship of Exchange
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Director & Subject Relationship
Joan Churchill - Building a Rapport
Kim Longinotte - Divorce Iranian Style: Free to Be Themselves
Velcrow Ripper - A Sacred Trust
Jennifer Fox - "I Thought We Were Stealing Stories"
Sylvain L'Esperance - The Director as Outsider
Kevin Macdonald - Getting Past Self-Image
Eduardo Coutinho - The Character, The Place, The Moment
Hubert Sauper - Giving Voice to Those Who Are Not Heard
Eduardo Couthinho - It's Not a Friendship
Denis Gheerbrant - Director-Subject-Spectator
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The Art of the Interview
Rakesh Sharma - A Question of Approach
Alanis Obomisawin - The Importance of the Word
Eduardo Coutinho - Interviewing: Telling It for the First Time
Nick Broomfield - The Advantage of Re-Interviewing
Errol Morris - The Fog of War: Interviewing McNamara
Malcolm Clarke - It's All About Respecting Your Subjects
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Truth, Perspective & Ethics
Truth
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade - Staying True to "Reality"
Catherine Martin - There's a Camera in the Room
Manfred Becker - Reinventing Reality
Velcrow Ripper - "I'm not that Interested in the Facts"
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Perspective
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade - The Outsider's Advantage
Eduardo Coutinho - "I'm Not the Same Because I Have a Camera"
Laura Poitras - My Country, My Country: "Not a Film About Me In Iraq"
Rakesh Sharma - "I'm in the Thick of It"
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Ethical Issues
Kevin Macdonald - Using People's Lives as Your Raw Material
Alanis Obomsawin - Letting People Tell Their Stories
Sylvain L'Esperance - Trust & Artistic Control
Molly Dineen - "Part of You is Thinking, God that's Bloody Sad"
Denis Gheerbrant - Compassion - The Doorway to Voyeurism
Albert Maysles - Two Extremes to Avoid
Malcolm Clarke - Giving Voice to Bad Guys
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The Shoot
Getting Access
Scott Hicks - "What's Your Story?"
Jennifer Fox - Finding a Reliable Guide
Scott Hicks - Lessons Learned with the Chinese Army
Nettie Wild - "You've Become Something Like the Furniture"
Errol Morris - The Robert S. McNamara Homework Assignment
Nick Broomfield - Meeting Aileen Wuornos
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Getting the Shots
Joan Churchill - The Intuitive Camera
Serge Gigučre - A Passion for Shooting Hand-Held
Rakesh Sharma - "As If We Were Just Having A Conversation"
Malcolm Clarke - The Ideal Cameraperson
Joan Churchill - Shooting: The Art of Anticipation
Albert Maysles - "Stay With It!"
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade - Framing Your Subject
Rakesh Sharma - Working With Two Cameras
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Handling Risk
Laura Poitras - "Have You Accepted the Lord Jesus Christ As Your Saviour?"
Nettie Wild - Assessing Risk in Chiapas
Werner Herzog - Risk: The Fine Line
Nettie Wild - A Rustling of Leaves: A Harsh Lesson About Risk
Werner Herzog - "If It Explodes, We'll Have at Least One Spectacular Image"
Paul Cowan - A Sticky Situation in the Congo
Sabiha Sumar - "I Began To Realize I Could Be In Prison"
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Adapting to Circumstances
Jennifer Baichwal - Being Ready to Abandon the Plan
Malcolm Clarke - The Importance of Happy Accidents
Barry Stevens - "Great! Another Problem for the Hero"
Errol Morris - The Thin Blue Line: A Rather Circuitous Path Into a Story
Patricio Guzmán - The Battle of Chile: Bringing Order to Chaos
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The Power of Images
Velcrow Ripper - "It's Not Eye Candy"
Stan Neumann - Is It Really A Film?
Sabiha Sumar - Creating Visual Metaphors: Burkas on the Beach
Jennifer Baichwal - "I Can't Stand B-Roll"
Emmanuel Priou - The Anthropomorphic Nature of Penguins
Kevin Macdonald - The Power of the Close-Up
Nick Broomfield - Showing the Context of Everyday Life
Catherine Martin - Leaving Space for Imagination
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Recreating Reality
Errol Morris - The Thin Blue Line: Reenacting POVs
Malcolm Clarke - "You Shouldn't Trick 'Em"
Kevin Macdonald - Touching the Void: Making It as Real As Possible
Serge Gigučre - 9 St-Augustin: Mise-en Scčne Inspired by Real Life
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Sound
Designing Sound
Jean-Daniel Lafond - Sound = Picture
Catherine Martin - Creating Reality with Sound
Jennifer Baichwal - Working Sound and Picture Together
Velcrow Ripper - A Place Called Chiapas: Blurring the Line Between Sound & Music
Nettie Wild - A Place Called Chiapas: Pushing Sound Into the Abstract
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Music
Catherine Martin - Why Use Music?
Jessica Yu - How To Talk to Composers
Patricio Guzmán - The Music of Everyday Life
Scott Hicks - See the Music, Hear the Image
Jessica Yu - In The Realms of the Unreal: Music As a Character
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Narration
Malcolm Clarke - Narration: Of Mortar, Bridges, and Glue
Netti Wild - Embracing Narration
Malcolm Clarke - The Battle Between Word and Image
Nettie Wild - Narration as Haiku
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Editing
Director and Editor: The Relationship
Emmanuel Priou: Editing: A Creative Dialogue
Malcolm Clarke: "The Editor Basically Has To Tolerate Me"
Manfred Becker: Editor as Therapist
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Working with the Footage
Kevin Macdonald - I Never Get Tired of the Magic of Editing
Werner Herzog - I Memorize the Entire Footage
Jessica Yu - Having A Blueprint
Claire Simon - Editing: It's Not About Fabricating Illusions
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade - Leaving Space for Emotional Engagement
Jessica Yu - "What I Love About Editing"
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade - Editing as Sculpture
Manfred Becker - A Place Called Chiapas: "We thought we'd Nailed It"
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade - The Opening: Creating Intrigue
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Final Thoughts & Anecdotes
Patricio Guzmán - The Battle of Chile: Chris Marker to the Rescue
Heddy Nonigmann - The Underground Orchestra: Anatomy of a Scene
Jennifer Baichwal - Director as Immune System of the Film
Denis Gheerbrant - A Confrontation of Fictions
Claire Simon - The Importance of Experimentation
Eduardo Coutinho - Filming: It's A Relationship
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Becoming A Filmmaker
Getting Started
Becoming a Filmmaker
Werner Herzog - Dr Fu Manchu: A Decisive Moment
Sabhiha Sumar - A Way to Reach People
Serge Gigučre - Pierre Perrault & Other Mentors
Barry Stevens - From Factory Worker to Documentarian
Molly Dineen - From Tea Girl to Film School
Kevin Macdonald - When We Were Kings & Thinking Big
Nettie Wild - First Day On the Job
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Exploring The Genre
What is Documentary?
Peter Winonic -Even the First Doc Was Fiction
Barry Stevens - It's Defined by the Frame
Patricio Guzmán - Our Own Take on Reality
Sylvain L'Espérance - Form and Content: An Intimate Relationship
Jean-Daniel Lafond - Making Sense of the World
The Social Role of Documentary
Cinéma-Verité: The Fly on the Wall
Influences
Why Make Documentaries?
Getting Started
Why Make Documentaries?
Jennifer Baichwal - A Creative Engagement with the World
Kevin Macdonald - "The Wonder of the Variety of Real Life"
Velcrow Ripper - a Constant Search for Answers
Paul Cowan - Entering Other Worlds
Alanis Obomsawin - Telling Our Stories
Rakesh Sharma - An Alternative to Mainstream Media
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