London reads Between The Lines
- Seminars to discuss the changing definition of documentary
The new Between The Lines festival (March 1-3) at London’s RichMix aims to address the rapidly shifting definition of documentary. The programme is funded through Film London’s Cultural Exhibition Fund (CFEF) and organised by Doc House and Frontline Club.
Elizabeth Wood, Director of DocHouse and Between the Lines said, “The support from Film London’s CFEF helped to turn the seed of an idea - exploring how we document the world in the digital age - into a fully-fledged, exciting event that’s breaking new ground. We’re bringing together practitioners and experts in their fields from across disciplines, to converge in London and take part in this conversation about how we capture reality. This is a pivotal time for us all, as viewers and as creators, to be taking stock and considering the future of documentary, investigative journalism and social media.”
The event opens with a session titled Setting The Scene where the founder of the MIT Open Documentary Lab William Uricchio will discuss how new technology changed the way we document the world with senior British journalists. Another session chaired by BAFTA and Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (Marley [+see also:
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Accompanying the seminars are acclaimed documentaries including Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon’s The Central Park Five, Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God and Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In.
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