If there were ever a search for the historical prototypes of modern videojournalism then surely Michael Apted’s 7-UP series would figure large. A brief description from MA of his epiphany with regard to video and objectivity: “…it occurred to me that maybe what I was doing was something quite different from what I thought I was doing…”
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald has tried for years to speed up the production process for his documentaries. Now, he says, he is creating one he can release almost immediately, in stages. He is showing “Rethink Afghanistan, in five parts on the Internet” nytimes.com
Third Place - Man on Wire. In 1974 Philippe Petit defies police, gravity and all concerns of self-preservation to spend 45 minutes dancing on a wire suspended between the twin towers of the WTC.
“Critics argue that the use of re-enactments suggest a callous disregard on the part of a filmmaker for what is true. I don’t agree. Some re-enactments serve the truth, others subvert it. There is no mode of expression, no technique of production that will instantly produce truth or falsehood. There is no veritas lens – [...]
