recall five (5) stories, news, movies, or documentaries you have viewed before. Determine the truthfulness and relevance of the ideas presented in the materials by completing the table below.
Almada, who has made several films about Mexican history and life in the U.S./Mexico border region, raises issues about documentary film as an art form as well as the responsibility of a filmmaker to be sensitive to her subjects. She also discusses sound editing and what choices best represent the events she documented. (28 minutes)
Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker
This pair of filmmakers, whose first POV film explored American language and dialect, examines the difference between being "accurate" and being "objective," the role of humor and changes in technology. (16 minutes)
Alan Berliner
Berliner, who uses home movies and his own family's experiences to explore what we all can "learn from the life of an ordinary person," talks about the value of storytelling and how he approaches filmmaking as if he were assembling a collage. (23 minutes)
Katrina Browne
A first-time filmmaker discusses her personal family journey, which intersects with a major topic in American history (the slave trade), and examines trust issues between filmmaker and subjects, as well as who gets to tell stories and what difference it makes to have access to different voices. (2 minutes)
Marshall Curry
The film Curry discusses here examines whether or not the Earth Liberation Front is a terrorist organization. In the interview, he looks at the balance between being a journalist, an artist and a storyteller who purposefully includes conflicting perspectives in order to stretch people's points of view, "nudge" them out of their comfort zones and "elevate the conversation a little bit and have people discuss it and think about it in a more nuanced and more complex way." (21 minutes)
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Natalia Almada
Almada, who has made several films about Mexican history and life in the U.S./Mexico border region, raises issues about documentary film as an art form as well as the responsibility of a filmmaker to be sensitive to her subjects. She also discusses sound editing and what choices best represent the events she documented. (28 minutes)
Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker
This pair of filmmakers, whose first POV film explored American language and dialect, examines the difference between being "accurate" and being "objective," the role of humor and changes in technology. (16 minutes)
Alan Berliner
Berliner, who uses home movies and his own family's experiences to explore what we all can "learn from the life of an ordinary person," talks about the value of storytelling and how he approaches filmmaking as if he were assembling a collage. (23 minutes)
Katrina Browne
A first-time filmmaker discusses her personal family journey, which intersects with a major topic in American history (the slave trade), and examines trust issues between filmmaker and subjects, as well as who gets to tell stories and what difference it makes to have access to different voices. (2 minutes)
Marshall Curry
The film Curry discusses here examines whether or not the Earth Liberation Front is a terrorist organization. In the interview, he looks at the balance between being a journalist, an artist and a storyteller who purposefully includes conflicting perspectives in order to stretch people's points of view, "nudge" them out of their comfort zones and "elevate the conversation a little bit and have people discuss it and think about it in a more nuanced and more complex way." (21 minutes)