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Between the eye and the art falls the shadow

Posted in A Picture is Worth..., Art or Commerce?, Authorship, Conflicts of Interest, Documentary, tagged , , , , , on May 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
—The Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot
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I recently viewed Amir Bar-Lev’s 2007 documentary, My Kid Could Paint That. It’s a compelling work that’s as painful to watch as a car wreck. It starts out as a fairly straight-forward [...]

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Slingshots and Checkpoints

Posted in Films, tagged , , , on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Several weeks ago I attended the NYC premiere of a film called “Slingshot Hip Hop” at MoMA. It’s a feature length documentary film produced by first-time director Jackie Reem Salloum. It may have been her first film, but you would never know if she didn’t say so—in front of a sold-out theater. [...]

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Next Year In Mumbai

Posted in Documentary, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of my fellow students in the Integrated Media Arts MFA program at Hunter College, Jonas Pariente, is in India this year to document a remarkable Jewish community, Bene Israel. The community has been in continuous residence for over 2,000 years and is believed to be the oldest of its kind in India. They claim [...]

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