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A Quickie
While things should be winding down for a holiday break, it seems instead that I’m up to my eyeballs in work. So, here’s a snapshot of interesting tidbits that I don’t have time to write about:
Pamela Cohn reports Nancy Buirski is stepping down as artistic director of Full Frame, the doc fest in North Carolina. Maybe whoever replaces her will start on that gawd-awful website?
Mitch Teplitsky has the details on fundraising workshops by Morrie Warshawski, who literally wrote the book on raising film financing, Shaking the Money Tree, in NYC in January. I saw him on a festival panel in 2004 or 2005 and thought that his advice was common sense stuff, but I’ve had more work experience since then and realize that even smart people sometimes lack common sense. Could be a worthy investment.
Peter Jackson will produce The Hobbit film(s)! Hells yeah! Now, if we can just get more episodes of My So-Called Life…
Bright Moments
By St. Clair Bourne (1943 – 2007)
To be a politically conscious filmmaker of African descent living in the “New World” is to realize that history is really multiple “versions of reality.” Despite what the corporate media tells you, there really isn’t one objective . Aside from the political implications, multiple “histories” which also makes documentary filmmaking more interesting.
I’m News!
Check out cool blog post by Michael Barnes about my move to Austin, just below the opening of the Alamo @ The Ritz. What a lovely welcome!
News: Gore & UN Share Nobel Peace Prize
Via BBC News, “The committee cited ‘their efforts to build up and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change.’” And it goes on, “Mr Gore was praised as ‘probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted,’ through his lectures, films and books. The choice of recipients continues a trend of the Nobel Peace Prize redefining the potential sources of conflict and threats to peace, says the BBC’s world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge.” Read the entire article>>
Variety: Academy alters documentary rules
Great news for filmmakers who don’t have their sh*t together; bummer for those who’ve already spent a lot…Thoughts?
“Feature-length documentarians have been given some slack under the rules that determine their films’ eligibility for Oscar.
In a change approved by the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, filmmakers now must unspool their pics for seven days in Los Angeles County and Manhattan only. Previously, films had to be screened in 10 states on 14 screens.
‘By eliminating the multicity rollout requirements, we have significantly simplified the Academy’s rules while still retaining the core intent to ensure that we honor nonfiction work created for theatrical distribution,’ said director Michael Apted, chair of the Documentary Branch Executive Committee.” Read the entire article>>
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