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HERE'S
LOOKING AT YOU!
The
National Board of Review Sponsors Seminar
About Documentary Filmmaking
New
York, NY – The National Board of
Review of Motion Pictures presents its
latest educational film seminar, Great
Documentaries: Here's Looking at
You! The panel discussion
will take place from 7pm-9pm on Thursday,
October 14, 2004 at the Harmonie Club
(4 East 60 th St.) in Manhattan. RSVP:
212-369-7963 or nbrRSVP@nyc.rr.com
. Admission is free.
Sheila
Nevins , president of HBO Documentary
and Family programming, will serve as
moderator of the seven-person panel. The
seminar will focus on their milestones,
obstacles, and the emergence of the documentary
and its influence on social issues and
society. The documentary is the
hottest and fastest growing form of filmmaking
out there and this event will feature
veterans who practically invented the
genre as well as debut directors with
amazing first features. The panelists
participating are: Al Maysles
(Gimme Shelter), Barbara
Kopple (Harlan County USA),
Katy Chevigny
(Deadline),
Andrew Jarecki (Capturing
the Friedmans), Rory Kennedy
(American Hollow), and
Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker (The War Room). The
evening will feature a clip reel of the
panelists' memorable films, moderated
discussion, a Q&A, and brief reception.
The
NBR's previous film seminars include Women
Directors: How to Hack it in Hollywood, featuring seven directors including
Mira Nair and Lee Grant, as well the film
noir seminar, Bad Girls…And Why We
Love Them , hosted by Molly Haskell
and Andrew Sarris.
The
National Board of Review, with no commercial
ties to the industry, was founded in 1909
to support excellence and free expression
in film. For more information, go to www.nbrmp.org.
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