Shaking the Tree
Five years ago, when Deepa Mehta was about to start making her film Water in the holy city of Varanasi,…
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Is it okay to bring my kids to along when I’m shooting?
Dear Doc Doctor: I’m a cinematographer, and I just found out that I’m pregnant. Should I tell people? I can’t…
Her Brand of Filmmaking
Rachel Boynton produced, directed, co-edited, and recorded sound on her documentary feature Our Brand Is Crisis, a riveting political thriller…
Q/A: Rosario Dawson and Talia Lugacy
Rosario Dawson was sleeping when I arrived on the set of Descent at Brooklyn’s Galapagos bar/gallery on a slushy morning…
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I recognize Ryanne Hodson as soon as I enter the Lower East Side café—even though I’ve never met her before….
I’m short of footage. Way short.
Dear Doc Doctor: I’m in my first week of editing, and I have this horrible feeling that my 100 hours…
On The Scene
In the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown at the Radisson Miyako Hotel, a roomful of filmmakers and community activists celebrated…
The Short Story at Sundance
Watching 2,000 short films in four months isn’t something you take on in your free time. It requires a finely…
Production Journal
In October of 2000, my then 20-year-old brother Jonathan was sent to the oncology unit of Massachusetts General Hospital from…