 |
 |  |
ARCHIVED EVENT
June 12th, 2008
A post-screening discussion with...
ROSS McELWEE
NINA DAVENPORT
PETER DOWD
[watch on video] 39 min. (abridged)
[audio MP3] 35 min. (abridged)
[PDF transcript] full transcript
FILM DESCRIPTIONS & BIOS
BACKYARD
[description]
OPERATION FILMMAKER
[description]
CURATOR'S STATEMENT
by Peter Dowd, Consulting Curator
The pairing of Ross McElwee's Backyard (1984) and Nina Davenport's Operation Filmmaker (2007) offers evidence of Boston's continuing legacy of innovative documentary filmmaking, and two filmmakers committed to challenging the boundaries of non-fiction film.
June 12th, 2008, Institute of Contemporary Art, 6:30 pm
 |
 |
|
An inspired, lyrical take on the South, a physician’s expectations for his two sons, a mother’s death, black and white relations, and the documentary form itself. Backyard is more about what's not said than what's said, what's not done than what's done. [more] |
A film chronicling the journey of an Iraqi man featured on MTV following the bombardment of his film school. This is the story of how well-intentioned Americans try to intervene in the life of an Iraqi – and how nothing goes as planned. [more] |
Following the second film: A discussion between filmmakers Ross McElwee Nina Davenport and FACING REALITIES Curator Peter Dowd.
6:30 - 6:40pm
|
Introductions
|
|
FILM & REALITY BOSTON DOCUMENTARY • FACING REALITY: Dialogues in Boston Filmmaking |  |