The History and Legacy of AIVF (Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers)
In 1975, when a small group of energetic filmmakers convened the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers in their living…
Author: john_rodzvilla
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BREAKING OUT
After 17 years publishing Moving Pictures magazine, the Maitland Primrose Group is partnering with other outlets to launch an alternative…
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Multiple Endings
Dear Doc Doctor: My documentary has three potential endings. How do I choose one? False starts, fake endings, such are…
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American History X
With more than 25 museums and research centers and a collection of more than 142 million objects, the Smithsonian Institution…
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Blurring the Lines
Ohio-based filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s 3-hour and 45-minute documentary A Lion in the House follows five families with…
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Voices from Issues Past
What happened at AIVF over the last 30 years? Coming up with a coherent and entertaining way to answer that…
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Q&A – Larry Clark
Larry Clark’s films are shocking. There’s Kids, about drug-using, AIDS-carrying, sexually active Manhattan teenagers; Bully, the true story of a…
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Q&A – James Schamus
Writer, producer, and film executive James Schamus has had about as brilliant a career in independent film as they come,…
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One-Two Punch
I thought that making Monster’s Ball was rough. I vowed upon wrapping that film that I would never make another….