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Flying takes documentary form to new heights
Written by David Tames on August 27, 2009
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Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman is an amazing six-hour, six-part, documentary of epic proportions by Jennifer Fox in which we follow the filmmaker as she travels around the world asking her women friends how they construct and imagine their lives as she struggles to figure out her own....  Continue Reading...

DIY Days Boston, October 4, 2008 (conference notes)
Written by David Tames on October 4, 2008
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The DIY Days Boston conference was held at MassArt on October 4, 2008. The conference drew a full-house of both seasoned and emerging filmmakers and media artists who came to learn about online tools, techniques, and strategies for building and sustating their audience. DIY Days follows an...  Continue Reading...

Inventing the Movies
Written by David Tames on July 31, 2008
Filed Under Books, Business, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Interviews, Media Technology, Television, The Media
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Some of the things I love about summer are weekend trips to the Berkshires, taking time off for a vacation, and all that means more time available to read books. On my summer reading stack this year was an advance copy of Inventing the Movies, a new book by Scott Kirsner that takes you on...  Continue Reading...

Media Fabrics for Media Makers Symposium at MIT Friday, June 20, 2008
Written by David Tames on June 13, 2008
Filed Under Art, Documentary, Events & Screenings, Filmmakers, New Media
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A celebration of Glorianna Davenport’s three decade effort at MIT focused on documentary storytelling and technology, “Media Fabrics for Media Makers: Realizing an Expressive Landscape for Digital Dialogues” is a day-long symposium to be held on Friday, June 20, 2008 at the...  Continue Reading...

Facing Realities: Backyard and Operation Filmmaker
Written by David Tames on June 11, 2008
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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)...  Continue Reading...

Lowell Film Festival: April 4-5, 2008
Written by David Tames on March 30, 2008
Filed Under Documentary, Events & Screenings, Film Festivals, Filmmakers
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti The Lowell Film Festival will presents a series of documentary and feature films on the subjects of globalization and immigration this year along with panels on filmmaking. Always an “immigrant city”, Lowell stands today in the midst of a population...  Continue Reading...

Short films fare better in new distribution paradigm
Written by David Tames on December 6, 2007
Filed Under Business, Film Festivals, Filmmakers, Video on the Web
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Shorts have always gotten short shrift in distribution, with features pushing them aside, however, the web is changing the rules and paid downloads looks like a good way for shorts to have some life in distribution and earn a little cash for their makers. One evidence point for this trend is...  Continue Reading...

A Conversation with Les Blank
Written by David Tames on October 3, 2007
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While I was at the Woods Hole Film Festival this summer I had a chance to sit down and have a conversation with documentary filmmaker Les Blank. We spoke about his new film All In This Tea, his experiences with Werner Herzog, why he self distributes, and which of his films he considers his...  Continue Reading...

Shadow of the House is a rare and beautiful gem
Written by David Tames on October 1, 2007
Filed Under Documentary, Events & Screenings, Film Festivals, Filmmakers, Reviews
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This weekend at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival I has the pleasure of seeing Shadow of the House, an intimate documentary by Allie Humenuk that presents a portrait of photographer Abelardo Morell. The film shows his process and daily life behind the work without interpreting it for...  Continue Reading...

A soundtrack for the movie of your mind
Written by David Tames on August 30, 2007
Filed Under Art, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Films, Music
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Last year filmmaker Todd Verow asked Colin Owens to write a film score to run 84 minutes concurrent with an experimental film made from 10 second clips of mobile phone video. The result of this work is Hooks to the Left, Colin’s most emotional, complex, and provocative music to date. ...  Continue Reading...

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