Despite a popular notion that documentaries should be unfettered depictions of things outside themselves, many films leave conspicuous traces of their own making in addition to the things they’re supposedly about. A filmmaker becomes a character, situations are re-enacted and constructed, and the film depicts its own making as much as its subject. How does this affect our understanding of what “documentary” means? Filmmakers Alan Berliner (Wide Awake), Raymond De Felitta (’Tis Autumn), and Kirby Dick (This Film is Not Yet Rated), with moderator Robb Moss, compare notes in this stimulating discussion.
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| Robb Moss
Panelist | Alan Berliner
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| Raymond DeFelitta
Panelist | Kirby Dick
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