Facing Realities: Backyard and Operation Filmmaker
June 11, 2008
On Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the ICA in Boston the Facing Realities: Dialogues in Boston Documentary Film series continues with Ross McElwee’s “Backyard” (1984, 16mm, 40 min) and Nina Davenport’s “Operation Filmmaker” (2007, HDCAM, 95 min) in its Boston premier. Screenings will be followed by a dialogue with Davenport and McElwee as they discuss their works, the legacy of Boston documentary filmmaking, and the moral and artistic difficulties of filming “the other.”
I saw Operation Filmmaker at the HFA a few months ago. It’s a great documentary. Don’t miss it!