Rehearsing For The Live Doc Project 2017
We are excited to be back at rehearsals for the Live Doc Project 2017. We have been invited to perform at the closing night dinner... Read More
Chat with documentarian Sam Green about Live Documentary
Sam Green, filmmaker, godfather of live documentary http://samgreen.to/ https://soundcloud.com/user-184633845-811016733/chat-with-documentarian-sam-green As a follow up to last week’s post. Thanks to the people at the CRI I... Read More
Inspiration Part 3
Gesamtkunstwerk means “total artwork”. It refers to the combination of various art forms on stage, into a “super” art form. It’s what Richard Wagner was... Read More
Inspiration Part 2
When I say “live documentary,” the most common response is, “like that This American Life thing?” This American Life presented a live show at BAM and it is pretty... Read More
Inspiration Part 1
Part of my impetus for merging documentary with live performance is the influence of my colleague and frequent collaborator Brent Lee. Brent is a composer,... Read More
Making History Makes History
Again back to high school. I had a wonderful English Lit teacher in grade 12 named Mr. Redford. In class one day he said to... Read More
TWO SOLITUDES: Leaving History To The Historians/Will You Walk On By?
Group of Cree men at Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, 1884. Image: NA-382-1 courtesy of Glenbow Archives. Questions this image raises: How do we tell these people’s... Read More
HOW TO (SHOW &) TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PAST
If you have ever broken up with someone, only to hear from friends that you got dumped, then you know how unreliable the witnesses to... Read More
DETERMINISM VS. FREEWILL: CONSIDERING INTERACTIVE FILM
Above an ethnic German who lived in Poland under Nazi occupation. This still is from the “cutting room floor” of my documentary 130 Year Road... Read More