Panasonic recently announced the Lumix GH5 Micro-Four-Thirds camera which I look forward to taking out for a spin. I’ve been shooting with its predecessor, the GH4, over the past year, and I really like the camera. The GH4 has made its mark as a popular camera among independent and documentary filmmakers. I like the fact […]
Sophia Al-Maria: Black Friday
Black Friday (Sophia Al-Maria, 2016) is one of the most intriguing and insightful digital media installations I’ve seen in a while, I saw it at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York last month, and I keep coming back to it in my thoughts. As an artist, Al-Maria has placed 21st century life […]
My Sling Bag Video Production Kit
In January I purchased a Panasonic GH4 as my primary camera for shooting both stills and video after doing my research and shooting with a variety of full-frame, APS-C, and MFT (Micro Four Thirds) cameras. I decided that the full-frame lenses and cameras are simply too heavy for a lightweight kit. The Sony Alpha series […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016: SEED: The Untold Story
SEED: The Untold Story examines the disappearance of seed varieties, a crucial environmental and food security issue, focused on the work of several passionate seed collectors including Dr. Vandana Shiva in India who says “…as the corporate greed creates the seed famine, more people realize that they need to have their own seed … I […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016: Arrival in Sheffield
I just arrived in Sheffield to attend Sheffield Doc/Fest. There are a lot of amazing documentary film and VR projects showing at this years festival, I look forward to going over the catalog over dinner tonight, it’s amazing how VR has captured the interest of the documentary community, Sheffield changed the name of their new […]
Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when Telling Truth to Power
Many of the most important issues facing our society are also those that powerful people or institutions don’t want made public. Documentary filmmakers who tell truth to power often face aggressive attacks from powerful individuals, organizations, businesses, governmental agencies, and industry associations. A new report by the Center for Media & Social Impact, School of […]