All Blog Posts Tagged 'documentary' (68)

Shooting the Last Roll of Film

Today's post takes a look at a documentary about photojournalist Steve McCurry's use of the last roll of Kodachrome film manufactured by Eastman Kodak.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/06/shooting-last-roll-of-film.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on June 6, 2013 at 8:01am — No Comments

Anish Kappor's 'Dismemberment Site 1'

I've posted two sneak peeks from Alberta Chu's film about the construction of artist Anish Kapoor's  "Dismemberment Site 1", a work commissioned for Alan Gibb's sculpture park in New Zealand.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/05/anish-kapoors-dismemberment-site-1.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on May 1, 2013 at 5:42am — No Comments

Adanto's '3D: Darkly Digital & Divine'

Today's post features a clip from documentary filmmaker Robert Adanto's "3D: Darkly Digital & Divine", which explores digitization and its influence on photography, manipulation of images and visual truth, and, more generally, our "post-photographic" future.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/04/adantos-3d-darkly-digital-divine.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on April 18, 2013 at 6:30am — No Comments

'Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters'

Producer, director, and cinematographer Ben Shapiro's fascinating documentary "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters" is the subject of today's post, which also includes the trailer for the film.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/04/gregory-crewdson-brief-encounters.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on April 11, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

Saturday Short

Today's short is the trailer for the documentary  "William and the Windmill", which was the Grand Jury Award winner for Documentary Feature at this year's SXSW festival. I've included some background on William Kamkwamba, who is the young man profiled in director-producer Ben Nabors's film.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/04/saturday-short.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on April 6, 2013 at 7:13am — No Comments

Roger Fedlman's 'EKKO': Return

Today's post features a film about sculptor Roger Feldman's completion of his work "EKKO" for Scotland's Freswick Castle. I posted the first part in December 2011 (a link to that part of the documentary is provided).

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/04/roger-feldmans-ekko-return.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on April 4, 2013 at 6:40am — No Comments

Saturday Short

Today's short film is an introduction to a minute-by-minute documentary, recorded four times, once for each season, of a 10-hour trip between the City of Trondheim and the old trading center of Bodo in Norway. All 10 hours of the documentary, which was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Norway's Nordland Railway, may be viewed online.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on March 30, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Saturday Short

Today's Saturday Short is the trailer  for the documentary "Girl Rising", a film that shows us how education can change the lives of girls the world over.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/03/saturday-short_23.html 

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on March 23, 2013 at 7:33am — No Comments

James Balog's 'Chasing Ice'

James Balog, a National Geographic photographer, is an "ice chaser" and the result of his extraordinary multi-year project to document the melting of the Arctic's magnificent glaciers is his feature-length documentary "Chasing Ice". I've posted the trailer for the film and an interview of Balog by Bill Moyers. Prepare to be amazed.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on March 20, 2013 at 6:30am — No Comments

All Art Friday

A new edition of All Art Friday has posted.

Today's spotlights encompass Anna Kaminska's photography, the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, UK Arts in HealthCare, and the short documentary "Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time", part of the Art21 New York Close Up series.

The roundup features exhibitions at Chicago's DePaul Art Museum (Bruce Davidson photographs), Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin (Arnold Newman photographs), Oakland Museum of California…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on March 1, 2013 at 8:56am — No Comments

The Triumph of Winfred Rembert

Today's post looks at the remarkable self-taught African-American artist Winfred Rembert and Vivian Ducat's feature-length documentary "All Me: The Life & Times of Winfred Rembert". I've included a trailer for the wonderful film, as well as information about Rembert's artistic success.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-triumph-of-winfred-rembert.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on February 21, 2013 at 7:50am — No Comments

A Trade in Hope in Austin, Texas

Today's post looks at the issue of human trafficking and what Austin, Texas, is trying to do about it. I've included the trailer for a new film, "Trade in Hope", which includes interviews with leaders in the anti-trafficking movement, documents local community solutions, and uses allegory to promote understanding of the crime and its costs. I've also provided a list of resources for information.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on February 13, 2013 at 8:32am — No Comments

Wednesday Wonder: Music from Garbage

Today's Wednesday Wonder takes us to Paraguay, where, in the remote town of Cateura, impoverished youths learn to play music on instruments fashioned from trash.
http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/02/wednesday-wonder-music-from-garbage.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on February 6, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Standing Guard

Today's post looks at the trailer for "El Velador" ("The Night Watchman"), Natalia Almada's documentary about the drug war in Mexico.
http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/01/standing-guard.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on January 30, 2013 at 8:15am — No Comments

Theo Jansen Documentary

Dutch artist and engineer Theo Jansen is the subject of a short documentary I've made available today. If you've missed my earlier posts about Jansen, be prepared to be awed by his kinetic sculptures.
http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/01/theo-jansen-documentary.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on January 24, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

Ginny Ruffner: Not So Still

Renowned glass artist Ginny Ruffner of Seattle, Washington, is a model both of reinvention and inspiration. After a serious auto accident that left her hospitalized for five months and in a wheelchair for five years, she beat the odds against her and returned to her art-making. Director Karen Stanton and producer Tom Gorai have made her the subject of their full-length documentary "A Not So Still Life", a sneak peek at which I've provided today.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on January 23, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

Richard Serra's 'Te Tuhirangi Contour'

Today's post takes a look at Richard Serra's site-specific artwork 'Te Tuhirangi Contour', commissioned for businessman Alan Gibb's sculpture 'farm' in New Zealand. I've included two sneak peeks from a documentary about the sculpture's creation and a link to the complete film.
http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/01/richard-serras-te-tuhirangi-contour.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on January 2, 2013 at 7:30am — No Comments

Monday Muse: Qiu Jin Documentary

Today, Monday Muse looks at the trailer for "Autumn Gem", a documentary about Qiu Jin, China's first women's rights activist and a poet.
http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/12/monday-muse-qiu-jin-documentary.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on December 31, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Update on Lily Yeh: Barefoot Artist

I first wrote about China-born Lily Yeh, founder of Barefoot Artists, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that uses art to transform impoverished communities, in November 2009. Recently, I learned that the documentary about Lily Yeh, "The Barefoot Artist", has completed filming and is now in post-production and seeking support to bring out the film. I provide a preview of the documentary.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on December 20, 2012 at 6:54am — No Comments

Saturday Sharing (My Finds Are Yours)

Today's new edition of Saturday Sharing shows you a somewhat nutty museum, 3D versions of Marie-Antoinette's roomy Palace of Versailles, a city-by-city poem atlas, the location for knitting and purling poems, and a place for listening to 1950s audio recordings by poets. The featured video is a touching documentary about a photographer's project to document the lives of elderly animals.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on December 15, 2012 at 9:01am — No Comments

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