Independent Filmmaker Week 2009 – Panel, “Documentary, Thinking Ahead”

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Overview: http://ifw.bside.com/2009/films/aconversationwith2_ifw2009 Even though participants were sitting casually in an open circle and seemed to have comfortable working relationships, the topic at hand couldn’t have weightier consequences: the future of documentary film as we know it. It struck me when Ross Kauffman, the director of Born Into Brothels, said that he is having a hard time raising funds. If he’s having a hard time, what’s a first-time filmmaker to do? Kauffman posed the question to the panel, “Why is it so hard to get funds today?” He...

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