Citizen Koch
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The 2014 Oscars Documentary Feature Shortlist is Announced
The Oscars have released their shortlist of the 15 documentary features eligible for the Academy Award that have advanced to the next stage of consideration; the final five will be announced along with all other nominations on January 15. The titles and directors below, with links to our previous coverage as applicable: Art and Craft (Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker) — click here to read a guest post from the directors about completing their film’s score. The Case Against 8 (Benjamin Cotner, Ryan White) — click here to read the directors’ pre-Sundance statement about their film. Citizen Koch (Carl […]
by Vadim Rizov on Dec 2, 2014 -
The Power of the Purse
At their fourth floor office in Gowanus, Brooklyn, directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin are preparing for the release of their second documentary feature, Citizen Koch. Outside their window is the neighborhood’s famous polluted canal but also a new Whole Foods that wasn’t there just one year ago. Gowanus, with its Superfund cleanup site, is a “neighborhood in transition,” but one that urban planners and TEDx speakers hope will be gentrification done right, retaining artists, artisans and small businesses amidst the fancy restaurants and incoming homeowners. A recent New York Times profile said Gowanus “seems poised to exist as an […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 28, 2014 -
Full Frame Film Festival 2013
Nestled in downtown Durham, in the heart of North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is one of the region’s most engaging—and enjoyable—cinematic events. Full Frame has delivered an outstanding slate of documentary films to the local community every spring for well over a decade, but the festival thrives in part due to its friendly, relaxed atmosphere and involved audiences. Given the presence of three major universities—the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University and Duke University (a festival sponsor)—the festival invariably attracts large crowds of highly educated viewers. But as a leading documentary festival, it […]
by Chuck Tryon on May 5, 2013 -
The Full Frame Film Festival 2013, Part One
The opening day of this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has once again provided attendees with an eclectic offering of choices, including a number of timely films that touch on important political issues and a curated series organized by Amir Bar-Lev, Stories About Stories, that focuses on documentaries who engage with the question of narrative itself, as well as a tribute to the innovative documentary storyteller, Jessica Yu. But this variety of choices speaks to the vibrant work being done by documentary filmmakers and the programmers who organized this year’s festival, not to mention the vital questions that documentary […]
by Chuck Tryon on Apr 6, 2013 -
Citizen Koch | Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Sunday, Jan. 20, 3:00pm — Temple Theatre, Park City] It’s strange to talk about making a film as a sacrifice. Of course we are always under enormous financial pressures and we’ve given up treasured time with family and friends to create this work. But to us it feels like a privilege — especially in these difficult times — to be able to make art, and even more so to be making it independently. The motto of Wisconsin and the last line of our film is “Forward;” as we head to Sundance, we aren’t looking back. Sundance Responses 2013
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 19, 2013
