July 28, 2011

Camera Q&A: Hampton Fancher on his L.A. film and TV career

Who: Hampton Fancher is a veteran actor, writer and director whose screen career began with appearances on popular cowboy TV shows like Have Gun – Will Travel and Gunsmoke. Fancher…..

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July 7, 2011

Norman Jewison & Friends Recall His Films

Who: Norman Jewison is a filmmaker whose movie career spanned 41 years and 24 features. Born in Canada, Jewison gained early experience working for CBC Television during the 1950’s, earning…..

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June 6, 2011

Camera Q&A: Djo Tunda Wa Munga on Viva Riva! and Congo

Who: Djo Tunda Wa Munga is a Congo-born filmmaker and the writer/director of the Kinshasa-set film, Viva Riva!. The film, which is the first Congolese feature since La Vie Est…..

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June 2, 2011

Camera Q&A: Ni'coel Stark on Finding Hillywood

Who: Ni’coel Stark is the Development Producer for Finding Hillywood, which documents a group of aspiring Rwandan filmmakers producing their own films, and then screening them in remote villages throughout…..

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May 29, 2011

Camera Q&A: Natalia Smirnoff on filming in Buenos Aires

Who: Natalia Smirnoff is a Buenos Aires-based filmmaker whose feature film directorial debut, Puzzle opened May 27th at the IFC Center in New York City. The film follows forty-something homemaker,…..

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May 11, 2011

Fantasy Location Primer: Conan in Zingara (Spain)

“Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the…..

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April 21, 2011

Camera Q&A: Patsha Bay Mukuna on Viva Riva! and Kinshasa

Who: Patsha Bay Mukuna is a Congo-born singer and star of the Kinshasa-set film, Viva Riva!. He was selected by director, Djo Tunda Wa Munga to play the physically-demanding role…..

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April 9, 2011

Camera Q&A: Zina Saro-Wiwa on Nigeria's Nollywood cinema

Who: Zina Saro-Wiwa is a Nigerian-born and New York-based documentary filmmaker whose production company, AfricaLab made the recent HBO documentary This is My Africa. The AfricaLab-produced art exhibition, “Sharon Stone…..

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March 18, 2011

Camera Q&A: Stacy Peralta on L.A. gang, surf and skate culture

Who: Stacy Peralta is a Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker who attended local Venice High School as a teen, while also surfing and skateboarding with his friends among the broken piers…..

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February 21, 2011

Camera Q&A: Billy Corben on Miami's cocaine 'n pot haulin legacy

Who: Billy Corben is a Miami-based documentary filmmaker and area native who co-founded and operates film company, Rakontur with his longtime friends/producers Alfred Spellman and David Cypkin. Their 2006 film,…..