The American Film Institute announced today the appointment of producer and the executive director of the International Documentary Association Michael Lumpkin as director of AFI Docs, the Institute's annual documentary festival in Washington, DC.
In early 2013, director Mark Hayes read a story about a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Craig Mitchell, who started the Midnight Mission running club consisting of former substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless people and others who fell on hard times — either by making the wrong choices at earlier points in their lives, or by simple misfortune.
Technicolor-PostWorks New York provided post-production services to Cairo Drive, director Sherief Elkatasha’s heartwarming documentary set in Egypt’s capital, winner of the Viewfinders Competition Grand Jury Prize at this year’s DOC NYC film festival.
Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey, the story of a courageous and enigmatic woman, Hannah Nydahl, who dedicated her life to spreading Buddhism to the West, premiered in North America at the 17th Annual ARPA International Film Festival, hosted at the legendary Egyptian Theater in Hollywood last week. It received the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary.
Editor’s Note: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office turned down an offer from the group Remote Area Medical to offer free health care to thousands of New Yorker’s the day after Thanksgiving. Filmmakers Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman have made a documentary about Remote Area Medical, which opens in New York on November 28. They published an open letter in response. Here is their letter:
Early in his career as a combat cameraman Mark Benjamin covered the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, and he’s been chasing challenging stories ever since.
Technicolor-PostWorks New York is serving as a Signature Sponsor of this month’s DOC NYC documentary film festival.
Technicolor-PostWorks New York colorist Eli Friedman and re-recording mixer Christopher Koch, CAS will join director Marcus Robinson and editor Leo Cullen in a panel discussion on Robinson’s documentary Rebuilding the World Trade Center at the CCW+ SATCON conference, November 12th at the Javits Convention Center in New York.
Independent filmmaker Cirina Catania will screen clips from her new documentary – Courage & Creativity - The Magic of Conviction – at the Mopictive (Moving Picture Collective) on Veterans Day, November 11 meeting. The film tells the story of Marine Corporal Kionte Storey, a wounded hero turned athlete.
The Hadza: Last Of The First chronicles the lives of the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, possibly the last true hunter-gatherer group on earth.
