[van-announce] Punk Doc-making 101

[Diana Wilson]

Hi all,

This workshop, by donation, may be of interest to some of you.  All 
are welcome.
Diana Wilson

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The Canadian Independent Film Caucus presents a SPECIAL WORKSHOP

THE ETHICS OF THE DOCUMENTARY RELATIONSHIP: FILMMAKERS AND SUBJECTS SPEAK

Wed. March 5, 2003, 7:30 pm
Video In (1965 Main St.)
By Donation. Non-members welcome.

There are many challenges and ethical questions involved in making 
documentary films, but the biggest is how to conduct your 
relationship with your documentary subjects.  What are the 
responsibilities of filmmakers to their subjects, and the 
implications for the lives of documentary subjects of the media 
images filmmakers create?  The Canadian Independent Film Caucus 
presents a special panel discussion with two documentary teams to 
hear about the relationship from both perspectives - filmmaker and 
subject.

Daniel Cross is a Montreal filmmaker who makes documentaries with 
people who traditionally aren't given a voice. His previous film "The 
Street: a film with the homeless" has won audience awards and 
critical acclaim for its frank and compassionate portrayal of three 
homeless men.  His most recent project, the feature documentary 
"Squeegee Punks in Traffic" (S.P.I.T), opens at Tinseltown on March 7 
and chronicles the story of a Montreal street kid named Roach.  (See 
the web-site www.spit.ca)

Roach, the main subject of S.P.I.T., has lived on the streets since 
age 14. During the making of S.P.I.T., Roach was given a camera to 
document his world. Roach's footage takes the viewer behind enemy 
lines in the war against squeegee kids, living in derelict buildings, 
squeegeeing for money, and being hunted by police.   The process of 
shooting S.P.I.T. was empowering for Roach, and since making the film 
he has made it off the streets and has also become a filmmaker 
himself.  He has recently completely principle photography and is in 
the midst of editing his own documentary about the invisible punk 
highway between Quebec and B.C.

Glen Sanford is a local filmmaker whose half-hour documentary 
"Useless" tells the story of punk rock legend/Direct Action saboteur 
Gerry Hannah, of 'Squamish Five' infamy.  In "Useless", Gerry and his 
mom reflect on punk, sabotage, prison and freedom.  The film is 
rooted in a minimalist punk aesthetic, and features early Subhumans 
concert footage and media coverage of the arrest and trial.

Gerry Hannah, aka Gerry Useless, was bass player for the seminal west 
coast punk band Subhumans. In the early 1980s he left the band to 
join an underground group of saboteurs who conducted a series of 
political bombings (BC Hydro substation, Litton Systems, Red Hot 
Video stores).  After a spectacular arrest on a mountain highway near 
Vancouver, they were dubbed "the Squamish Five" and Hannah received a 
10-year sentence.
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