CONTENT

TRUST ME I'M A FILMMAKER: THE ART OF BIOGRAPHY

As media infiltrates every aspect of our lives and audiences become more media literate, documentary filmmakers now have expanded tools to tell stories. Filmmakers Penny Lane and Ryan White will discuss strategies for building trust with documentary subjects, and representing real lives on screen. Lane's Hail Satan? is a portrait of the Satanic Temple and its co-founder Lucien Greaves. In White's Ask Dr. Ruth Dr. Ruth Westheimer reflects on her life from holocaust survivor to America's most famous sex therapist.

GETTING PERSONAL: THE ART OF PERSONAL FILM

Documentary films are often framed as portraying an "objective" truth. What happens when a filmmaker becomes part of the story? How do directors shape their characters in the edit?  In The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Berman must become a character in his own film as he begins to question what is true and what is an illusion in the life of magician The Amazing Johnathan. Brodsky's Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements is an intimate portrayal of deafness in the lives of her son, her father, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Both directors discuss the challenges and lessons from the editorial process. 

PAST AS PRESENT: THE ART IF ARCHIVAL FILM

How do documentary filmmakers make history come alive? In this intimate session director Todd Douglas Miller and producer Thomas Petersen will share how they brought an iconic moment in history to a whole new audience. Apollo 11 uses only archival footage, thousands of hours of audio and hundreds of hours of video, including long-forgotten and previously unreleased 70mm footage from the launch of Apollo 11 and moon landing in 1969.