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June 3: About.com’s Jennifer Merin covers MTM10 Premiere
Jennifer Merin from About.com: Documentaries (who is also moderating the June 9 Docuclub for the film “Building Bridges”) writes coverage for the launch of the tenth annual Media That Matters.
The filmmakers are young—Annalise Littman, for example, produced and directed her film, Aquafinito, tackling issues arising from privatization of fresh water, when she was a junior in high school. And, they’re already developing their unique voices and styles—for example, Yan Chun Su takes us on an un-narrated cinematic tour of The Last Town in her brooding film about the 2000-year-old city that will disappear under water when China’s Three Gorges Dam is constructed, while Gus Andrews uses two amusing puppets to deliver deliver insights about how the media manipulates images to create unattainable standards of beauty in My Hotness is Pasted on Yey!.
To gauge how talented these young filmmakers are, compare their films to those made by seasoned documentarians about similar issues—for example, you might want to compare The Last Town with Up the Yangtze, and see how America The Beautiful and American Teen treat the subject of standards of beauty and self esteem. Then, too, there are some mighty powerful unlawful military detainment documentaries to watch—including Taxi To The Dark Side, Standard Operating Procedure and Laura Poitras’ soon-to-be-released The Oath—in order to expand your understanding about how this pressing issue is presented in feature length documentaries.
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Published on June 3, 2010
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