2017 AFI Docs Archives - Hammer to Nail

A Conversation with Samuel D. Pollard (ACORN AND THE FIRESTORM & SAMMY DAVIS JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME

Christopher Reed — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:41:48 +0000

(Readers, please note: you can hear a portion of this interview on Chris Reed’s excellent podcast on documentwry filmmaking, The Fog of Truth.) I met with director (and NYU professor) Samuel D. Pollard on Saturday, March 24, at the 2018 […]

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A Conversation with Stefan Avalos (STRAD STYLE)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:32:11 +0000

I met with documentary director Stefan Avalos, on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at AFI DOCS 2017, to discuss his deeply engaging Strad Style (which I reviewed when it played at Slamdance). The film follows protagonist Danny Houck, from Laurelville, Ohio, […]

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ACORN AND THE FIRESTORM

Christopher Reed — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 19:29:06 +0000

If there is a filmmaker out there surprised that such things are possible, well, perhaps this field is not for you...

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STEP

Christopher Reed — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:37:45 +0000

STEP is less about, well, step, than it is about hard work and the the importance of a dedicated educational system.

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A Conversation with Vinay Shukla (AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:29:30 +0000

I met with documentary filmmaker Vinay Shukla, on Saturday, June 17, 2017, at AFI DOCS 2017, to discuss his feature debut, An Insignificant Man (which I also reviewed), co-directed by Khushboo Ranka (she did not attend the festival). The movie […]

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AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN

Christopher Reed — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:55:48 +0000

By the end, he, like the movie about him, is anything but insignificant.

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A Conversation With Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli (CINE SÃO PAOLO)

Christopher Reed — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:27:01 +0000

I met with Brazilian documentary filmmakers Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli, on Saturday, June 17, 2017, after the international premiere, at AFI DOCS 2017, of their feature debut, Cine São Paolo (which I also reviewed). The film profiles the attempts […]

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CINE SÃO PAOLO

Christopher Reed — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:42:09 +0000

It's a wonderful meditation on history, movies, the history of movies, and the joys of sharing one's love of movies with others.

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A Conversation With Matthew Heineman & Abdelaziz (Aziz) Alhamza (CITY OF GHOSTS)

Christopher Reed — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:48:00 +0000

I met with documentary director Matthew Heineman and one of his principal subjects, Abdelaziz (Aziz) Alhamza, on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at AFI DOCS 2017, to discuss his new film City of Ghosts (reviewed here). In the movie, Heineman profiles […]

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A Conversation with Rebecca Cammisa (ATOMIC HOMEFRONT)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:35:37 +0000

I met with documentary director Rebecca Cammisa, on Friday, June 16, 2017, at AFI DOCS 2017, to discuss her new film Atomic Homefront (reviewed here), which takes a probing look at a St. Louis community that has long been contaminated […]

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