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Subject: Re: VISCOM Digest - 13 Aug 1998 to 17 Aug 1998
Reply to Portia Cobb;
I would suggest the text "Cross-Cultural Filmmaking" by Ilisa Barbash and
Lucien Taylor published by the U. of California Press. Also, DER has two
new video/film releases which are very effective in the classroom for
teaching Documentary film making. One is called "passing girl, riverside: An
Essay in Camera Work" by Kwame Braun. It is the deconstruction of the act of
filming, deals with ethics-very well done. It will be shown at the Mead
Festival in NYC this year, it won an award at the Educational Media Awards
in California, and it is nominated for the Basil Wright Prize at the RAI in
London. You can rent or purchase a video from DER. The second is a 16mm
film (available in video) called "Pepino Mango Nance". It is black and
white, 11 minutes long and a little "gem" of a film. It was made by two
students, Bann Roy and Gillian Goslinga at USC, for a classroom assignment.
It demonstrates to students what can be accomplished under very restricted
means. It won the best student film award at the SVA film festival and will
also be screened at the Mead this year. You may get more information about
each of these titles on the DER Web site under NEW RELEASES:
http://der.org/docued
Cynthia Close
Executive Director
Documentary Educational Resources
101 Morse Street
Watertown, MA 02472-2554
Tel: 617-926-0491
Fax: 617-926-9519
Web: http://der.org/docued
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