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Agnes Varnum is a freelance writer, film programmer and communications manager for the Austin Film Society. She is the primary contributor to doc it out and Tribeca Film Institute's Resources.

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iW: Documentary Shorts Are Seeing New Opportunities For Life

February 28th, 2008 • Related Posts • Tags

Tim Sternberg’s wife was working in India and while visiting, he stumbled onto a story–an aging father and his son who project old films into a darkened box for poor kids to watch–that he wanted to film. As is often the case with creative folks, he bounced ideas off of friend Francisco Bello who was also captivated and traveled to India to help Tim capture the story. “It was a classic ‘go for it’ moment,” said Sternberg. “We connected to the subject matter but we made it quickly and somewhat by the seat of our pants.” Read the entire article>>

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