Join us for a discussion with directors and producers from the Kartemquin series, The New Americans. To celebrate the rebroadcasting of the groundbreaking series, They’ve agreed to share some of their knowledge with us on the Viva Documentary Forums.
Visit the forum thread and leave questions here.
The series will air as part of Global Voices [...]
Filmmakers at the Forum
The New Americans and Me
I couldn’t agree more with Kartemquin’s claim that The New Americans intimately connects viewers to its subjects. This was the first series that I’d seen that was able to follow immigrant families from their home countries to the United States
The Fruits of our Labor: Food Inc. Review
Food, Inc. Trailer from TakePart on Vimeo.
Directed by: Robert Kenner
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Development to Distribution: 6 years
Shot on: Panasonic HDX900 & HDX200
The most prevalent metaphor employed throughout the film is that of a veil: one fashioned by the food industry giants to be drawn between the consumer and the source of their food. [...]
Sunday Night at the Forum: River Monsters
Ah, Animal Planet documentaries. Join Mario in the Viva Doc forum on Sunday Night so we can talk about what crazy Jeremy Wade is up to.
Sony’s DSR-300 vs. PD-170
If you’re a Doc student taking a production class beyond Doc I, you have two camera options: the Sony DSR-300 series and the PD-150/170. They are both rock solid cameras in their class, and deciding between the two isn’t always easy. I’ll gloss over the differences in each camera line since they are [...]