Why make documentary?
The most recent Lumina edition on Documentary included a “View from the New Generation,” asking them: why make documentary? The question was put to the younger generation of documentarymakers: Rebecca...
View ArticleBob Connolly weighs in at AIDC2012
AIDC2012 saw a heated discussion on defining documentary, and the public airing of a particular legal stoush between Screen Australia and Essential Media. During the discussion, the giant upon whose...
View ArticleAIDC 2012: Young filmmakers are collaborators, not competitors.
<<The following is a post I wrote on Screen Hub about the 2012 Australian International Documentary Conference. It is an op-ed written from the perspective of a young emerging documentary maker...
View ArticleMy thoughts on the whole Mike Daisey Apple thing
I saw the Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs last year, when Mike Daisey toured the show to Sydney. He performed at the Opera House. It was a profoundly moving experience, an amazing show. So when it...
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