![]() ![]() Silver had a similar experience of the question of truth. ![]() For Gibney, this was more truthful, with the essential caveat that the fact of the acting was made transparent. Traditional methods like voice distortion didn’t allow the audience to sympathize with the character. In “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” Gibney chose to use an actress to read the account of an escort who wished to remain anonymous. And for filmmakers, that means a willingness to adhere to certain journalistic principles.īut the panelists agreed that where documentary film has a unique distinction from journalism, is in storytelling technique. So should documentary filmmakers have the same protections as journalists? Gibey says unquestionaby, “yes.” The definition of journalist should be expansive. As Alex Gibney put it, he’s a filmmaker with “journalistic baggage.” It seems evident that recognition of journalism or journalistic practices has real advantages for documentary film. He never previously considered himself to directly be a journalist, but as a citizen in the UK, registering with the National Union of Journalists allowed for ease of visas for many production trips to the US. He then had the experience of being with Jordan’s parents in the evenings when that footage showed up on CNN.įor Silver, there is a journalistic layer at the base of documentary filmmaking, with a visual layer that goes on top. ![]() Silver found himself in the unique position of providing a courtroom camera feed directly to news media, in a deal struck with the judge to obtain footage of the trial for the documentary. Marc Silver of “Who is Dayani Cristal?” fame, premiered his latest film at Sundance, “3 1/2 Minutes.” News junkies will recall the tragic death of Jordan Davis, who was fatally shot after an exchange about loud music. Laura Poitras Becomes an Oscar Frontrunner with Her Nan Goldin Documentaryįall Festival Reactions to 'TÁR' Make Cate Blanchett an Undeniable Best Actress Contender ![]() Poitras was also careful to make the distinction that she considers herself to be a visual journalist.ĭocumentarian Laura Poitras Slams Hillary Clinton Docs: It's 'Alarming' to See Festivals 'Whitewashing' History But once she arrived in Hong Kong, she was documenting events as they happened. When Poitras was contacted by Edward Snowden, she took on the journalistic obligation of source protection. Filmmaking isn’t meant to be breaking news. READ MORE: Tig Notaro on What It’s Like to Star in a Documentary About YourselfĪre you a documentary filmmaker, or a journalist, or both? For Laura Poitras, there’s no blurry line, “it’s journalism plus.” Documentary filmmaking is journalism (fact finding) plus storytelling that reveals something more about the human condition. To find documentary films involving high stakes investigative work look no further than this year’s Oscar nominees, “ Citizenfour” and “Virunga.”įilmmakers Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”), Marc Silver (“3 1/2 Minutes”) and Alex Gibney (“Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief”) debated the issue live at a Sundance panel discussion “Bringing Truths to Light,” moderated by distinguished producer Bonnie Cohen (Catapult Film Fund). The princely state of Tonk was established by one such Pindari leader Pindari Muhammad Amir Khan (1769–1834), a dacoit and militant leader of Pashtun descent from Afghanistan who was the right hand of Jaswant Rao Holkar.The blurry lines between documentary filmmaking and journalism were a hot topic at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. And it was due to these regular pindaris and marathas looters that most of the rulers of the area promptly signed a treaty with the British which gave their state a sense of stability and peace for the time being. So it’s not like anybody who fought with the British were freedom fighters and we should glorify them, some of them were rapacious hordes of bandits which were needed to be stamped out. Pindaris were predominately Muslims and were mostly employed by Maratha sardars like Sindhia, Holkar to wreak havoc in north India from Thar desert to malwa Bundelkhand and Bengal these hordes closely followed Maratha fauj and Marathas encouraged them to loot and unlike soldiers of the army Marathas didn’t pay any money to Pindaris, on the contrary, Marathas used to take money from Pindaris as a share of their loot because they were allowed to loot under Maratha army.Īfter a decade or so, the British finally put down their activities in the whole of India and the people of Hindustan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Pindaris were rapacious hordes whose sole job was to loot common people in war-torn country. Although the dialogue was later changed to “Gaddari to hamne aap se hi sikhi hai” after karni sena protested against it, while history was totally different than what was shown. ![]()
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