DocTalk: Has the New Normal Arrived?
Join us for an informal conversation between local and this year’s DocLands’ filmmakers. Steered by their most recent experiences and personal thoughts and beliefs, we’ll discuss practical options to the traditional distribution model that seemingly has already collapsed.
With YouTube having just surpassed Disney to become the world’s largest media company, will a platform built almost entirely on creators lead filmmakers to find success on their own terms? What practical conclusions have these content creators come to, and what might they already have put to work in order to continue their filmmaking passion, while gaining an audience and making a living? What role do today’s independent, community-driven art houses play in this new normal?
Program Notes
Program runtime 60 minutes
Expected Guests
KHOA HA • Y VÂN: THE LOST SOUNDS OF SAIGON
NANCY KELLY • THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD, REBELS WITH A CAUSE
MAIDA LYNN • FOUNDER, FACET
VICTOR VELLE • Y VÂN: THE LOST SOUNDS OF SAIGON
KENJI YAMAMOTO • THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD, REBELS WITH A CAUSE
DAN ZASTROW • PROGRAMMER/DIRECTOR OF CINEMAS, CAFILM