Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Sundance Panels

Excerpted from the DOC listserve

"Here are links to public panels recorded at Sundance a few weeks ago.
One features Robert Redford, Sheila Nevins and Nick Fraser. The other
focusses on advocacy docs and social entrepreneurship, as sponsored by
the Skoll Foundation. Both were sell-outs:

http://www.sundance.org/video/power-of-story-how-docs-changed-change/

Power of Story: How Docs Changed Change
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How have documentaries changed the notion of change? That philosophical
conundrum animated the lively exchange at the Power of Story: How Docs
Changed Change panel at the Egyptian Theatre on Saturday afternoon,
between moderator and CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien asked the
panelists - Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford;
Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films; and Nick Fraser,
the commissioning editor of BBC’sStoryville.

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Talk about spirited discussion. Stories of Change charged up Main
Street, Park City Tuesday afternoon. Led by the Skoll Foundation and the
Sundance Institute, the SoC panel discussion brought social
entrepreneurs Joia Mukherjee (Partners in Health) and Bunker Roy
(Barefoot College) to the stage, along with the film-makers who are
telling their stories. There was a packed house at the Egyptian Theater
â€" and lots of cheers and clapping."

Giving Voice Doc Mentorship Program

Giving Voice is pleased to share with you an exclusive featured in Playback online
about our mentorship program, Giving Voice: Filmmakers Working with
Filmmakers. The program is sponsored by documentary and is the only
documentary-focused apprenticeship program of its kind.

See below for the article:
http://bit.ly/yp1XRh


Submissions to the program will be open until February 29th 2012! You can
find the call for submissions, including application criteria, on our
website at: http://www.docorg.ca/en/givingvoice

For more information about Giving Voice and how you can participate, please
get in touch with me, Adèle Charlebois. You can reach me by e-mail at
adele@docorg.ca
or by phone at 416-599-3844 x2.