Tabloid

This past Sunday I attended the Errol Morris gala and screening of his new movie, Tabloid, as part of the DocNYC film festival. As I arrived at the theater the star of the film, Joyce McKinney, was outside in a wheelchair with one of her dogs protesting the film. I wasn't really sure what exactly she took issue with but she had signs that said Errol Morris hides the truth and was only outside the theater for about ten minutes before she headed off down the road. Later on, during the film, she could be heard from the back row occasionally yelling "lies!"

After the screening Thom Powers, the festival organizer, had a Q&A with Errol Morris that was seeming to wrap up when documentary filmmaker Judith Helfand yelled out from the crowd "where is Joyce now," to which Joyce replied " Joyce is right here" and she was invited to come up on stage and answer questions. Fortunately, in a room full of documentary filmmakers, someone filmed it and so you can see for yourself what was the most interesting Q&A I have ever witnessed.

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DOC NYC

DOC NYC is a new festival celebrating documentary storytelling in film, photography, prose and other media. The inaugural edition of the new DOC NYC film festival begins tomorrow and the line up for the festival looks fantastic. In addition to showing some fantastic documentaries both of my favorite documentary filmmakers will be showing their latest films at two different gala events. Werner Herzong's Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D is showing tomorrow and Errol Morris' new film Tabloid screens Sunday at 7pm. Unfortunately Herzog's event is sold out but I snagged tickets for Caroline and I for Morris' event on Sunday. Errol Morris will be on hand for a Q&A and the festival is showing some of his other iconic films as well as a selection of episodes from his television show First Person. If you are in New York I highly suggest checking out the first edition of what is sure to be a landmark documentary film festival.

TheatreWorks

TheatreWorks recently celebrated their 40th anniversary and I was hired to shoot interviews with well known Broadway Actors and Directors for their gala celebration.
I got to interview Andrew Lippa, the musical creator of The Addams Family, Actor, Director, Playwright David Henry Hwang, star of the musical Memphis, James Inglehart, and the Creator of Memphis Joe Dipietro. Here is a sampling of some of the clips I shot and lit.

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