Last night Stranger Than Fiction screened Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte’s 2008′s documentary Soul Power. The film taps into a wealth of once lost archival footage shot at the Zaire ’74 concert. The 3 day event was initially organized to accompany the Muhammad Ali, George Foreman title fight, entitled “Rumble in the Jungle” in the country which is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Stranger Than Fiction'
Soul Power, more than a music documentary
August 3rd, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Albert Maysles · Crisis documentary · David A. Smith · Don King · Drew Associates · Hugh Masekela · Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte · Jeffrey Levy-Hinte · Leon Gast · Paul Goldsmith · Rumble in the Jungle · Soul Power · Stewart Levine · Stranger Than Fiction · When We Were Kings · Zaire '74
Inside Newark, above and below
June 16th, 2011 No Comments
The second screening of Stranger Than Fiction’s summer season comes from the small screen. Two episodes from season two of the Sundance Channel’s Brick City were shown back to back and I can see why the STF programmers chose to show this theatrically. Thom Powers (Artistic Director at STF) said in his introduction to the [...]
Tags: Brick City · Cory Booker · Garry McCarthy · indiepix · Kim Connell · Laurie MacMillian · Maggie Hadleigh-West · Player Hating: A Love Story · Stranger Than Fiction · Sundance Channel · Thom Powers
NYU’s Contemporary Documentary examines history and technique
June 5th, 2011 No Comments
I’ve registered for NYU’s SCPS course, Contemporary Documentary twice this year and luckily, the second time took. Apparently there wasn’t enough enrollment (I’m guessing) for a spring class, but you wouldn’t know it by the summer quarter’s class. I haven’t taken a count, but it’s definitely well attended. Contemporary Documentary’s summer course is taught by [...]
Tags: 51 Birch Street · Anthony Kaufman · Anthony Kaufman indiewire blog · Doug Block · errol morris · Frederick Wiseman · Jon Foy · NYU SCPS Contemporary Documentary · NYU's Documentary Development · Research and Financing · Stranger Than Fiction · Thom Powers · Titicut Follies
These Amazing Shadows brings light to preservation
April 23rd, 2011 No Comments
This week offered a bonus for Stranger Than Fiction attendees. These Amazing Shadows, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, screened in New York City at IFC Thursday night. The documentary focuses on the inception and history of the National Film Registry, which is the United States National Film Preservation Board’s selection of films to [...]
Tags: Barbara Kopple · Dorothy Arzner · Harlan County U.S.A. · IFC · Library of Congress National Film Registry · Lois Weber · National Film Preservation Foundation · National Film Registry · Stranger Than Fiction · Ted Turner · These Amazing Shadows · Women's Film Preservation Fund
A Moving Collage
February 9th, 2011 No Comments
Nobody’s Business (1996), is an inspired, inventive and touching exploration of our world, family connections and humanity’s history, told through a portrait of the filmmaker’s father. This is most definitely the finest example of creative and effective use of archival material that I’ve ever had the joy of experiencing. There are many elements to this [...]
Tags: Alan Berliner · archival film · archival footage in documentary · archival material · City Edition · Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmaking · IFC · Jay Rosenblatt · Nobody's Business · NYU Documentary Development · Sam Pollard · Sheila Curran Bernard · Stranger Than Fiction · The Sweetest Sound · Thom Powers
A new understanding of Grey Gardens
January 24th, 2011 No Comments
Stranger Than Fiction’s Grey Garden’s screening Wednesday night followed in step with the Museum of Moving Images’ Cinema Eye Honors, who bestowed their Legacy Award to filmmakers Albert Maysles, Muffie Meyer and Susan Froemke the evening before. The creators of Grey Gardens also included Ellen Hovde and David Maysles. Ms. Hovde was unable to attend and [...]
Tags: Albert Maysles · Cinema Eye Honors · Criterion Collection Grey Gardens · David Maysles · Edith Bouvier Beale · Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale · Ellen Hovde · Grey Gardens · IFC Center · Muffie Meyer · Rebekah Maysles · Sara Maysles · Stranger Than Fiction · Susan Froemke · The Museum of Moving Image · Thom Powers
NYU’s Doc Development
December 21st, 2010 No Comments
Just have to write a quick plug for Thom Power’s NYU class, Documentary Development. I took it this fall and it was great. Besides a little producing, I’m generally on the tail end of productions and this course really provides a clear overview of a documentary production, from inception through distribution. It also takes a [...]
Tags: DOC NYC · Doug Block · IFC · Marwencol · NYU Documentary Development · Raphaela Neihausen · Stranger Than Fiction · SXSW · Thom Powers · Toronto International Film Festival
Marwencol is calling
September 29th, 2010 No Comments
The small western European state of Belgium harbors the even smaller town of Marwencol – located around the Kingston, New York area. If you think that makes no sense, Mark Hogancamp will explain it perfectly. Tuesday night’s official opening season of IFC Center’s Stranger Than Fiction set the bar with Marwencol, one of the most [...]
Tags: Ash Black Bufflo · Chris Sellen · Jeff Malmberg · Kevin Walsh · Mark Hogancamp · Marwencol · Matt Radecki · Stranger Than Fiction · Thom Powers · Tom Putnam
House of Kopple
September 23rd, 2010 No Comments
This Monday night was the pre-season premiere of Stranger Than Fiction at the IFC Center and they started out with a bang. Barbara Kopple’s latest creation, House of Steinbrenner, a surprisingly emotional documentary not just about Mr. Steinbrenner and his empire but about the tradition of baseball as a family and community that spans generations. [...]
Tags: 30 For 30 · Barbara Kopple · Bob Eisenhardt · EditFest New York · ESPN Films · Hal Steinbrenner · House of Steinbrenner · Stranger Than Fiction · Thom Powers · Tom Haneke · Yankee Stadium
Monday Night Special
September 16th, 2010 No Comments
IFC’s Stranger Than Fiction series begins it’s fall season next week with a pre-season monday night special screening. Two time Oscar-winner, Barbara Kopple’s new release, House of Steinbrenner will play at 8p September 20th. Ms. Kopple will be on hand for post screening Q&A. Season passes are going for an early bird rate until midnight [...]
Tags: 12th and Delaware · Barbara Kopple · Cameron Yates · Countdown to Zero · Heidi Ewing · House of Steinbrenner · Human Rights Watch Film Festival New York · IFC Center · Jesus Camp · Joshua Seftel · Marlene Dietrich · Rachel Grady · Raphaela Neihausen · Rebecca Richman Cohen · Stranger Than Fiction · Taking On The Kennedys · The Canal Street Madam · The Paley Center · Thom Powers · War Don Don
