The Film Panel Notetaker

The Big Time to the Big Screen: 30 Years of Sports Filmmaking2009 Tribeca Film FestivalApril 24, 2009

Moderator:ESPN’s Chris Connelly
Panelists:Barbara Kopple (episode: The Steinbrenner Family Business)Albert Maysles (episode: Muhammad and Larry)Barry Levinson (episode: And the Band Marched On: The Colts Sneak Out of Baltimore)Dan Klores (episode: King of the New York Streets)
Synopsis:Whether played out on the [...]

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2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Behind the Screens: The Burning SeasonMonday, April 27

Moderator:Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
Panelists:Cathy Henkel, filmmakerElizabeth Rosenthal, NY Times international correspondentDorjee Sun, CEO of the Carbon Conservation and star of the film
The Burning Season was a charming film, following the main character, ambitious entrepreneur Dorjee Sun, as opposed [...]

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2009 Tribeca Film FestivalGuy and Madeline on a Park BenchApril 23, 2009
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is Damien Chazelle’s very impressive debut narrative feature that made its World Premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Shot in black and white 16 mm film, Guy and Madeline tells the story of Guy played by [...]

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Documentary Filmmaker Press Meet & Greet2009 Tribeca Film FestivalApril 26, 2009

When I arrived at the Doc Press Meet & Greet, I was scanning the room for documentary filmmakers, but seemed to keep bumping into a couple of the narrative filmmakers I met at the Narrative Press Meet & Greet two days earlier, so I enlisted [...]

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Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi Q & A2009 Tribeca Film FestivalApril 26, 2009
As a journalist and documentary filmmaker, I was profoundly moved by Fixer, an exploration of the relationships between Western journalists and the Afghani counterparts or “fixers,” who facilitate their reporting on the ground. In this particular story, one such relationship had brutally [...]

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Narrative Filmmaker Press Meet & Greet2009 Tribeca Film FestivalApril 24, 2009

It was a beautiful sunny day in New York. Quite a nice way to start off the Tribeca Film Festival. Actually, I attended my first screening the night before. I saw Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, a very impressive debut narrative feature from [...]

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Tribeca Talks: After the MovieInherit the WindSaturday, April 25 at 1pm (SVA Theatre 2)
Inherit the Wind was a 1960 film that covered the “monkey trial” in 1923—a real life case about teaching evolution in public schools. It centers around the teacher, played by Dick York, who broke the law by teaching kids evolution in [...]

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One on One Q&A with Kris SwanbergDirector/Co-Writer,It was great, but I was ready to come homeInterview by Erin Scherer

Kris Swanberg (left) with Jade Healyin It was great, but I was ready to come home

Kris Swanberg’s directorial debut, It was great, but I was ready to come home debuted at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival to [...]

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A Conversation With Jan HarlanSunday, March 15th @ 3pmAustin Convention Center, Austin, TX
With:Elvis Mitchell, Host of The Treatment, KCRW-FM and Under the InfluenceJan Harlan, director of Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures
Jan Harlan was a close confidante of the late Stanley Kubrick.  Harlan was Kubrick’s brother-in-law, and also served as executive producer on many of [...]

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Back in February, I transformed from The Film Panel Notetaker into The Film Panel Moderator when I had the great pleasure of moderating the Networking in Media panel discussion at Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY). Joining me were panelists Liz Nord, Stephanie Cockerl and Fred Chong Rutherford. Thanks to Paula Landry, co-writer of This [...]

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