NOTE: This interview was conducted last year. Since 1978, Su Friedrich has been making films that render the borders between documentary, experimental film, and conventional narrative much more porous. Often using material directly from her own life, Friedrich developed a dense, allusive...
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Primary Sources: An Interview with Scott MacDonald
Last December, Scott MacDonald, one of the country’s foremost film scholars, visited UnionDocs for two evenings to explore the intertwined histories of documentary and avant-garde film. In his varied programs and during the sometimes contentious discussions that followed, MacDonald...
Proud of It
During the second program of Pay As You Go, the short clip from Sex Workers (And Proud of It) stood out. Though only a series of talking head interviews, professionally, but not impressively staged, with prostitutes and sex-work advocates, the 15-minute segment exudes an urgency unseen in the...
Five Questions for Cullen Gallagher About Nicholas Ray
An interesting quote from an interview with Cullen Gallagher about this Sunday’s (9/6/09) event at UnionDocs. 3. How have both films affected your feelings about Nick Ray? Helpern’s documentary seems essential for understanding Ray’s methodology and ideology. Ray has always been...
Thom Andersen Interview
Thanks to Colin Beckett for preparing and editing this transcription. UnionDocs: What makes somebody a “local” in Los Angeles? Was the film made to be viewed by Los Angeles residents? Thom Andersen: Well, as a matter of fact the origins of the film were pretty humble. It began...
