[Frameworks] experimental documentary...

Adam Hyman adam at lafilmforum.org
Wed May 30 16:18:15 CDT 2012


Jean-Marie Teno -  Afrique, J¹te plumerai
Joris Ivens - A Tale of the Wind (L¹histoire du vent), his short films, and
more...


On 5/30/12 2:07 PM, "Pablo Marin" <pamarin82 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Matt,
> 
> If you're thinking outside the US, I would also consider Artavazd Peleshyan,
> Mike Hoolboom, D'est by Akerman, some Godard, some Peter Mettler (love
> Petropolis, an abstract-greenpeace film), etc.
> best wishes,
> pablo
> (buenos aires)
> 
> --- On Wed, 5/30/12, Beverly O'Neill <bevon1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> From: Beverly O'Neill <bevon1 at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] experimental documentary...
>> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 6:00 PM
>> 
>> Dear Jason, Would be good to add Shirley Clarke, Chick Strand and Barbara
>> Hammer to your inquiry list.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Beverly O'Neill
>> On May 30, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Jason Middleton wrote:
>> 
>>>> Hi Matt,
>>>> 
>>>> Two of the collections in the Visible Evidence series--'Feminism and
>>>> Documentary' and 'Between the Sheets, in the Streets'--each have a couple
>>>> of essays on experimental documentaries by Su Friedrich, Leslie Thornton,
>>>> Michelle Citron, and others.
>>>> Jason
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jason Middleton
>>> Assistant Professor
>>> Department of English
>>> Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies
>>> University of Rochester
>>> 
>>> On May 29, 2012, at 1:35 PM, matt's frameworks address wrote:
>>> 
>>>> hello Frameworkers-
>>>> 
>>>> I am hoping to find good texts and/or essays concerning
>>>> experimental-documentaries.  I've been having a hard time finding much
>>>> written about the sub-genre, so if anyone has some recommendations it would
>>>> be much appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Also, while on the subject- I am trying to create a list of feature length
>>>> and noted short films that might be classified as experimental documentary
>>>> and would love feedback on that as well.  I am thinking along the lines of
>>>> films/makers such as Naomi Uman, Craig Baldwin, Bill Brown, Deborah
>>>> Stratman, Lynne Sachs, Su Friedrich, etc, but also tempted to include films
>>>> such as Nostalgia for the Light, Sweetgrass, Tarnation, etc- films made
>>>> outside the experimental tradition but certainly swimming against the
>>>> mainstream current.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> thanks!
>>>> -Matt
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 


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