CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH VARIETY TO PRESENT
DOCTALK FROM HOME
LIVE INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION
TO BE BROADCAST VIA VARIETY'S STREAMING ROOM
SUNDAY, MAY 3 @ 4:00pm (PDT)
On Sunday, May 3 at 4pm the Variety Streaming Room, Variety's new initiative for virtual conversations and events, will host a selection of filmmakers, from the recently postponed DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), in conversation with Variety's Sr. Features Writer, Andrew Barker.
Conversations will showcase trailers or clips from each film followed by a live, interactive Q&A with the eight directors. During the extraordinary circumstances we're currently experiencing, we hope this 90-minute event will help showcase films that haven't yet had public screenings or exposure beyond Sundance this year, and will prompt engaging conversations, as well as an exciting exchange of ideas between the filmmakers, moderator Barker, and the streaming audience. With support from Amazon Studios, Magnolia Pictures/Participant, Netflix, and Patagonia Films.
CITIZEN PENN
KTF Films
DON HARDY is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and storyteller. His work includes the documentary series Pick of the Litter (DocLands 2018) on Disney+ (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director) based on the feature documentary of the same name he produced and directed in 2018; Theory of Obscurity, which premiered at SXSW in 2015; The Human Experiment, narrated and executive produced by Sean Penn; Love Hate Love, which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival; and Witch Hunt, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Hardy is currently in production on a short-form documentary series about the homelessness epidemic in California titled The Way Home. Director: Don Hardy
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
Netflix
KIRSTEN JOHNSON is a cinematographer and director interested in addressing the changing dimensions and urgent ethical challenges of documentary camerawork. Her film, Cameraperson, premiered at Sundance in 2016, was shortlisted for an Academy Award, won the National Board of Review "Freedom of Expression" prize, and was awarded three 2017 Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. Her short, The Above, premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival and was nominated for the International Documentary Association Best Short Award. Johnson's notable camerawork can be seen in Citizenfour, The Invisible War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Fahrenheit 9/11, Ladies First, The Oath, and Deadline. Director: Kirsten Johnson
GATHER
Illumine Films
SANJAY RAWAL spent 15 years working on human rights campaigns globally. Rawal also ran initiatives for acclaimed artists and philanthropists, one of whom encouraged him to start making films. His first documentary, Food Chains (2014), was produced by Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser with narration by Forest Whitaker. The film won numerous awards, was released theatrically in 40 cities by Screen Media, and was acquired by Netflix. Applying narrative cinematic technique, Rawal directed his second feature, a sweeping expedition film, 3100: Run and Become. Director: Sanjay Rawal
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
Magnolia Pictures/Participant, CNN Films
DAWN PORTER is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on national and global platforms including HBO, PBS, Discovery, and Netflix. Her current projects include the documentary Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain; John Lewis: Good Trouble for CNN Films; and an untitled documentary project about photojournalist Pete Souza, who served as Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and as an Official White House photographer for Ronald Reagan. Porter is also currently directing and executive producing an Apple TV multi-part documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry that focuses on mental illness and wellbeing. Director: Dawn Porter
PUBLIC TRUST
Patagonia Films
DAVID GARRETT BYARS made his directorial debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with No Man's Land, a documentary about the 2016 militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that sparked international headlines. Byars also produced and lensed Massacre River, Suzan Beraza's film about statelessness in the Dominican Republic. Director: David Garrett Byars
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
Exposure Labs
JEFF ORLOWSKI is the director, producer, and cinematographer of Chasing Coral (2017 Sundance Film Festival winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary) and Chasing Ice (2012 Festival winner of the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary). Both films screened at the United Nations and Congress and won Emmy Awards. Orlowski was awarded the inaugural Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellowship and named a United Nations Environment Programme Champion of the Earth. Director: Jeff Orlowski
SOCIALISM: AN AMERICAN STORY
YAEL BRIDGE is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in Oakland. Most recently produced Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich, nominated for an Emmy Award in Business and Economics. Previously she produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC. As Director of Productions at Inequality Media, Yael has made numerous viral videos tackling complex political issues that have garnered over 200 million views on social media. Director: Yael Bridge
TIME
Amazon Studios
GARRETT BRADLEY's work intersects a variety of platforms, including journalism, art, TV, and film. Her debut feature, Below Dreams, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was described by critic Bilge Ebiri as "a slow-burn beauty." She received the 2019 Prix de Rome; a 2017 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award for her short Alone, which was on the 2018 Academy Award® shortlist; and served as second unit director on Ava DuVernay's When They See Us. Director: Garrett Bradley
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DOCTALK FROM HOME
LIVE INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION
TO BE BROADCAST VIA VARIETY'S STREAMING ROOM
SUNDAY, MAY 3 @ 4:00pm (PDT)
On Sunday, May 3 at 4pm the Variety Streaming Room, Variety's new initiative for virtual conversations and events, will host a selection of filmmakers, from the recently postponed DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), in conversation with Variety's Sr. Features Writer, Andrew Barker.
Conversations will showcase trailers or clips from each film followed by a live, interactive Q&A with the eight directors. During the extraordinary circumstances we're currently experiencing, we hope this 90-minute event will help showcase films that haven't yet had public screenings or exposure beyond Sundance this year, and will prompt engaging conversations, as well as an exciting exchange of ideas between the filmmakers, moderator Barker, and the streaming audience. With support from Amazon Studios, Magnolia Pictures/Participant, Netflix, and Patagonia Films.
CITIZEN PENN
KTF Films
DON HARDY is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and storyteller. His work includes the documentary series Pick of the Litter (DocLands 2018) on Disney+ (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director) based on the feature documentary of the same name he produced and directed in 2018; Theory of Obscurity, which premiered at SXSW in 2015; The Human Experiment, narrated and executive produced by Sean Penn; Love Hate Love, which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival; and Witch Hunt, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Hardy is currently in production on a short-form documentary series about the homelessness epidemic in California titled The Way Home. Director: Don Hardy
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
Netflix
KIRSTEN JOHNSON is a cinematographer and director interested in addressing the changing dimensions and urgent ethical challenges of documentary camerawork. Her film, Cameraperson, premiered at Sundance in 2016, was shortlisted for an Academy Award, won the National Board of Review "Freedom of Expression" prize, and was awarded three 2017 Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. Her short, The Above, premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival and was nominated for the International Documentary Association Best Short Award. Johnson's notable camerawork can be seen in Citizenfour, The Invisible War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Fahrenheit 9/11, Ladies First, The Oath, and Deadline. Director: Kirsten Johnson
GATHER
Illumine Films
SANJAY RAWAL spent 15 years working on human rights campaigns globally. Rawal also ran initiatives for acclaimed artists and philanthropists, one of whom encouraged him to start making films. His first documentary, Food Chains (2014), was produced by Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser with narration by Forest Whitaker. The film won numerous awards, was released theatrically in 40 cities by Screen Media, and was acquired by Netflix. Applying narrative cinematic technique, Rawal directed his second feature, a sweeping expedition film, 3100: Run and Become. Director: Sanjay Rawal
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
Magnolia Pictures/Participant, CNN Films
DAWN PORTER is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on national and global platforms including HBO, PBS, Discovery, and Netflix. Her current projects include the documentary Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain; John Lewis: Good Trouble for CNN Films; and an untitled documentary project about photojournalist Pete Souza, who served as Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and as an Official White House photographer for Ronald Reagan. Porter is also currently directing and executive producing an Apple TV multi-part documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry that focuses on mental illness and wellbeing. Director: Dawn Porter
PUBLIC TRUST
Patagonia Films
DAVID GARRETT BYARS made his directorial debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with No Man's Land, a documentary about the 2016 militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that sparked international headlines. Byars also produced and lensed Massacre River, Suzan Beraza's film about statelessness in the Dominican Republic. Director: David Garrett Byars
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
Exposure Labs
JEFF ORLOWSKI is the director, producer, and cinematographer of Chasing Coral (2017 Sundance Film Festival winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary) and Chasing Ice (2012 Festival winner of the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary). Both films screened at the United Nations and Congress and won Emmy Awards. Orlowski was awarded the inaugural Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellowship and named a United Nations Environment Programme Champion of the Earth. Director: Jeff Orlowski
SOCIALISM: AN AMERICAN STORY
YAEL BRIDGE is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in Oakland. Most recently produced Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich, nominated for an Emmy Award in Business and Economics. Previously she produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC. As Director of Productions at Inequality Media, Yael has made numerous viral videos tackling complex political issues that have garnered over 200 million views on social media. Director: Yael Bridge
TIME
Amazon Studios
GARRETT BRADLEY's work intersects a variety of platforms, including journalism, art, TV, and film. Her debut feature, Below Dreams, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was described by critic Bilge Ebiri as "a slow-burn beauty." She received the 2019 Prix de Rome; a 2017 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award for her short Alone, which was on the 2018 Academy Award® shortlist; and served as second unit director on Ava DuVernay's When They See Us. Director: Garrett Bradley
CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH VARIETY TO PRESENT
DOCTALK FROM HOME
LIVE INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION
TO BE BROADCAST VIA VARIETY'S STREAMING ROOM
SUNDAY, MAY 3 @ 4:00pm (PDT)
On Sunday, May 3 at 4pm the Variety Streaming Room, Variety's new initiative for virtual conversations and events, will host a selection of filmmakers, from the recently postponed DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), in conversation with Variety's Sr. Features Writer, Andrew Barker.
Conversations will showcase trailers or clips from each film followed by a live, interactive Q&A with the eight directors. During the extraordinary circumstances we're currently experiencing, we hope this 90-minute event will help showcase films that haven't yet had public screenings or exposure beyond Sundance this year, and will prompt engaging conversations, as well as an exciting exchange of ideas between the filmmakers, moderator Barker, and the streaming audience. With support from Amazon Studios, Magnolia Pictures/Participant, Netflix, and Patagonia Films.
CITIZEN PENN
KTF Films
DON HARDY is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and storyteller. His work includes the documentary series Pick of the Litter (DocLands 2018) on Disney+ (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director) based on the feature documentary of the same name he produced and directed in 2018; Theory of Obscurity, which premiered at SXSW in 2015; The Human Experiment, narrated and executive produced by Sean Penn; Love Hate Love, which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival; and Witch Hunt, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Hardy is currently in production on a short-form documentary series about the homelessness epidemic in California titled The Way Home. Director: Don Hardy
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
Netflix
KIRSTEN JOHNSON is a cinematographer and director interested in addressing the changing dimensions and urgent ethical challenges of documentary camerawork. Her film, Cameraperson, premiered at Sundance in 2016, was shortlisted for an Academy Award, won the National Board of Review "Freedom of Expression" prize, and was awarded three 2017 Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. Her short, The Above, premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival and was nominated for the International Documentary Association Best Short Award. Johnson's notable camerawork can be seen in Citizenfour, The Invisible War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Fahrenheit 9/11, Ladies First, The Oath, and Deadline. Director: Kirsten Johnson
GATHER
Illumine Films
SANJAY RAWAL spent 15 years working on human rights campaigns globally. Rawal also ran initiatives for acclaimed artists and philanthropists, one of whom encouraged him to start making films. His first documentary, Food Chains (2014), was produced by Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser with narration by Forest Whitaker. The film won numerous awards, was released theatrically in 40 cities by Screen Media, and was acquired by Netflix. Applying narrative cinematic technique, Rawal directed his second feature, a sweeping expedition film, 3100: Run and Become. Director: Sanjay Rawal
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
Magnolia Pictures/Participant, CNN Films
DAWN PORTER is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on national and global platforms including HBO, PBS, Discovery, and Netflix. Her current projects include the documentary Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain; John Lewis: Good Trouble for CNN Films; and an untitled documentary project about photojournalist Pete Souza, who served as Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and as an Official White House photographer for Ronald Reagan. Porter is also currently directing and executive producing an Apple TV multi-part documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry that focuses on mental illness and wellbeing. Director: Dawn Porter
PUBLIC TRUST
Patagonia Films
DAVID GARRETT BYARS made his directorial debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with No Man's Land, a documentary about the 2016 militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that sparked international headlines. Byars also produced and lensed Massacre River, Suzan Beraza's film about statelessness in the Dominican Republic. Director: David Garrett Byars
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
Exposure Labs
JEFF ORLOWSKI is the director, producer, and cinematographer of Chasing Coral (2017 Sundance Film Festival winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary) and Chasing Ice (2012 Festival winner of the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary). Both films screened at the United Nations and Congress and won Emmy Awards. Orlowski was awarded the inaugural Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellowship and named a United Nations Environment Programme Champion of the Earth. Director: Jeff Orlowski
SOCIALISM: AN AMERICAN STORY
YAEL BRIDGE is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in Oakland. Most recently produced Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich, nominated for an Emmy Award in Business and Economics. Previously she produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC. As Director of Productions at Inequality Media, Yael has made numerous viral videos tackling complex political issues that have garnered over 200 million views on social media. Director: Yael Bridge
TIME
Amazon Studios
GARRETT BRADLEY's work intersects a variety of platforms, including journalism, art, TV, and film. Her debut feature, Below Dreams, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was described by critic Bilge Ebiri as "a slow-burn beauty." She received the 2019 Prix de Rome; a 2017 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award for her short Alone, which was on the 2018 Academy Award® shortlist; and served as second unit director on Ava DuVernay's When They See Us. Director: Garrett Bradley
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DOCTALK FROM HOME
LIVE INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION
TO BE BROADCAST VIA VARIETY'S STREAMING ROOM
SUNDAY, MAY 3 @ 4:00pm (PDT)
On Sunday, May 3 at 4pm the Variety Streaming Room, Variety's new initiative for virtual conversations and events, will host a selection of filmmakers, from the recently postponed DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), in conversation with Variety's Sr. Features Writer, Andrew Barker.
Conversations will showcase trailers or clips from each film followed by a live, interactive Q&A with the eight directors. During the extraordinary circumstances we're currently experiencing, we hope this 90-minute event will help showcase films that haven't yet had public screenings or exposure beyond Sundance this year, and will prompt engaging conversations, as well as an exciting exchange of ideas between the filmmakers, moderator Barker, and the streaming audience. With support from Amazon Studios, Magnolia Pictures/Participant, Netflix, and Patagonia Films.
CITIZEN PENN
KTF Films
DON HARDY is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and storyteller. His work includes the documentary series Pick of the Litter (DocLands 2018) on Disney+ (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director) based on the feature documentary of the same name he produced and directed in 2018; Theory of Obscurity, which premiered at SXSW in 2015; The Human Experiment, narrated and executive produced by Sean Penn; Love Hate Love, which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival; and Witch Hunt, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Hardy is currently in production on a short-form documentary series about the homelessness epidemic in California titled The Way Home. Director: Don Hardy
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
Netflix
KIRSTEN JOHNSON is a cinematographer and director interested in addressing the changing dimensions and urgent ethical challenges of documentary camerawork. Her film, Cameraperson, premiered at Sundance in 2016, was shortlisted for an Academy Award, won the National Board of Review "Freedom of Expression" prize, and was awarded three 2017 Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. Her short, The Above, premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival and was nominated for the International Documentary Association Best Short Award. Johnson's notable camerawork can be seen in Citizenfour, The Invisible War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Fahrenheit 9/11, Ladies First, The Oath, and Deadline. Director: Kirsten Johnson
GATHER
Illumine Films
SANJAY RAWAL spent 15 years working on human rights campaigns globally. Rawal also ran initiatives for acclaimed artists and philanthropists, one of whom encouraged him to start making films. His first documentary, Food Chains (2014), was produced by Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser with narration by Forest Whitaker. The film won numerous awards, was released theatrically in 40 cities by Screen Media, and was acquired by Netflix. Applying narrative cinematic technique, Rawal directed his second feature, a sweeping expedition film, 3100: Run and Become. Director: Sanjay Rawal
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
Magnolia Pictures/Participant, CNN Films
DAWN PORTER is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on national and global platforms including HBO, PBS, Discovery, and Netflix. Her current projects include the documentary Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain; John Lewis: Good Trouble for CNN Films; and an untitled documentary project about photojournalist Pete Souza, who served as Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and as an Official White House photographer for Ronald Reagan. Porter is also currently directing and executive producing an Apple TV multi-part documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry that focuses on mental illness and wellbeing. Director: Dawn Porter
PUBLIC TRUST
Patagonia Films
DAVID GARRETT BYARS made his directorial debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with No Man's Land, a documentary about the 2016 militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that sparked international headlines. Byars also produced and lensed Massacre River, Suzan Beraza's film about statelessness in the Dominican Republic. Director: David Garrett Byars
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
Exposure Labs
JEFF ORLOWSKI is the director, producer, and cinematographer of Chasing Coral (2017 Sundance Film Festival winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary) and Chasing Ice (2012 Festival winner of the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary). Both films screened at the United Nations and Congress and won Emmy Awards. Orlowski was awarded the inaugural Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellowship and named a United Nations Environment Programme Champion of the Earth. Director: Jeff Orlowski
SOCIALISM: AN AMERICAN STORY
YAEL BRIDGE is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in Oakland. Most recently produced Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich, nominated for an Emmy Award in Business and Economics. Previously she produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC. As Director of Productions at Inequality Media, Yael has made numerous viral videos tackling complex political issues that have garnered over 200 million views on social media. Director: Yael Bridge
TIME
Amazon Studios
GARRETT BRADLEY's work intersects a variety of platforms, including journalism, art, TV, and film. Her debut feature, Below Dreams, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was described by critic Bilge Ebiri as "a slow-burn beauty." She received the 2019 Prix de Rome; a 2017 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award for her short Alone, which was on the 2018 Academy Award® shortlist; and served as second unit director on Ava DuVernay's When They See Us. Director: Garrett Bradley
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