May 20, 2013

Camera Q&A: Abderrahmane Sissako on his early films and Sembène

Who: Abderrahmane Sissako is a Mauritanian-born, Mali-raised filmmaker whose cinematic training was done at Moscow’s Federal State Film Institute during the 1980s. The program concluded with his first film, the…..

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May 11, 2013

Camera Q&A: Walter Bernstein on his career as a useful writer

Who: Walter Bernstein is a New York City-based screenwriter whose burgeoning career scripting films and television programs was interrupted in 1950, when he was blacklisted for being a member of…..

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March 24, 2013

Bel Kaufman looks forward to 102, and back on her literary career

Who: Bel Kaufman is a New York City-based author, who spent three decades teaching in NYC’s public school system. Up the Down Staircase, her 1965 debut novel, was inspired by…..

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March 14, 2013

Camera Q&A: John Clark on Bond, Superheroes and Haphazard Stuff

Who: John Clark is a New Jersey-based filmmaker who runs film-centric website, Haphazard Stuff. The site’s YouTube page and Vimeo channel feature his video reviews and analysis of various films…..

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March 1, 2013

Camera Kickstarter Watch: The Death of "Superman Lives"

Superman Lives was going to be the kind of superhero film that they just don’t make anymore… well, at least not since 1980’s Superman II. That film and its predecessor…..

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February 19, 2013

Camera Q&A: William Lustig on his New York City Maniacs

Who: William Lustig is a Bronx-born filmmaker who is currently based in Los Angeles, where he runs film distributor Blue Underground — which specializes in re-releasing classic cult and exploitation…..

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January 22, 2013

Camera Q&A: Walter Mosley on adapting his novels for the screen

Who: Walter Mosley is a New York City-based author, whose 37+ book literary career goes back to 1990’s Devil in a Blue Dress. That novel kicked off a series revolving…..

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January 4, 2013

Camera Q&A: Gregory Corrado on making films in New Jersey

Who: Gregory Corrado is a Jersey City-based independent filmmaker and civil servant, who has lived in New Jersey’s second-largest city since 1988. In addition to writing/directing locally-shot films, Corrado is…..

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June 29, 2012

Camera Q&A: Clemente Bicocchi on Brazza and the Congo

Who: Clemente Bicocchi is an Italyian documentary filmmaker. His film Black Africa White Marble examines the continuing legacy of Italian-born explorer Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza in the Republic of Congo,…..

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June 27, 2012

Camera Q&A: Alexander Markov on Soviet African films

Who: Alexander Markov is a Russian filmmaker who works with cinema archives in St. Petersburg. He is constructing a film about the relationship between Soviet Union and Africa, using newsreel…..

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