2023 Doc Chicago (day 2)

Doc Chicago - Percolator Films

Doc Chicago is a free, volunteer-run event that brings regional documentary filmmakers together to exchange ideas, learn, and connect.

Chicago Cultural Center

Doc Chicago is a free, volunteer-run event that invites the regional documentary community to come together, connect, and learn from each other. Please note, separate RSVP required for 2023 Doc Chicago DAY 1: A Conversation with Gordon Quinn on Fri, Nov 3, 7pm <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/737243423927?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. For additional info, program updates, links to presenters&#x27; bios etc, please go to our website: <a href="http://www.docchicago.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.docchicago.com/</a> 2023 Doc Chicago DAY 2 – SCHEDULE Sat, Nov 4, 10:30am-4:30pm10:30am: Check in + Welcome: Join us for a day of informative panels, short spotlight talks, and opportunities to meet other documentary filmmakers, share what you&#x27;re working on, and potentially find new collaborators. Please note that there will be short breaks for mingling throughout the day that are not listed on this schedule. 10:45am: International Perspectives: What if your documentary leads you to explore an international story? What are the challenges and rewards in producing abroad? Filmmaker and DePaul professor Anuradha Rana will share about her work-in-progress Language of Opportunity, which contrasts the immigrant experience of Indian families in the US with the aspirations of migrant families in urban India to discover how language is inextricably woven into our identity. Filmmaker and curator Floyd Webb – whose expansive career includes founding one of the first black film festivals in the nation (Chicago&#x27;s Blacklight Film Festival, 1982) – is currently producing Kiku&#x27;s Legacy, one of several international co-productions. Exploring her family&#x27;s story has led Cindy Martin to the Philippines, where she just spent several months filming her personal feature documentary Love Is a Stranger. Moderated by filmmaker Erika Valenciana.11:45am: Spotlight: Artist Residencies + Fellowships: Alexandra Halkin, filmmaker and Executive Director of Americas Media Initiative, will share successful strategies and resources for applying to artist residencies and fellowships.LUNCH BREAK 1pm: Sound Waves: Maybe you&#x27;ve heard it said that capturing good sound is more important than image in documentary? This panel will explore different approaches to sound that will range from the pragmatic to aesthetics and technology. Filmmaker and location sound recordist extraordinaire Shuling Yong will share about her experiences in the field; filmmaker, expanded cinema artist and Northwestern professor Christina Nguyen has served as sound designer on experimental and documentary films that have played at many major festivals; and Devin Delaney has worked on a great variety of projects as the head composer of post production audio facility Noisefloor’s music department. Moderated by Doc Chicago founder Ines Sommer2:15pm Spotlight: From Video Documentary to Podcast: Chicago filmmakers Peter Kuttner, Cyndi Moran and Eric Scholl collaborated on their seminal documentary The End of the Nightstick in the early 1990s. It was a revelatory expose of police torture and institutional racism in the Chicago Police Department that also told the story of a resistance movement led by local activists who refused to let testimonies of police violence remain buried. Decades later, these three media makers and producer Ben Freemantle are creating a new podcast that revisits these harrowing stories and brings them into the present, through interviews with survivors, activists, and attorneys who have continued the fight for justice and accountability. 2:45 pm: Spotlight: Documentary Producers Alliance: The DPA is a diverse coalition of more than 300 international members, ranging from emerging to Academy Award-winning documentary producers. The DPA sets standards for inclusive, sustainable and equitable business practices. DPA Co-President and producer Chris Renteria (Whose Streets?) will share about the organization&#x27;s newly launched Producing Towards Equity program.3:15pm: Film Screening: Swimming Through (2022, 15 min) Director, producer: Samantha Sanders . As the brutal Chicago winter draws near, Deirdre, Helen and Jennefer—avid open water swimmers—make a pact to continue their daily sunrise swim through the snow and ice. This commitment becomes their salvation from lockdown and helps alleviate each of their personal struggles as the pandemic rages on. Trailer here.3:30pm: Short &amp; Sweet: Once you&#x27;ve completed your short documentary, how and where can you get it seen? What are the challenges and opportunities for short form work? This panel brings together filmmaker Samantha Sanders, whose recent short Swimming Through starts off this session; film programmer Raul Benitez who has curated numerous short film programs for Full Spectrum Features, Midwest Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival, among others; producer Nevo Shinaar, whose award-winning short films have played at major film festivals including Sundance, AFI Docs, Black Star, and many others; and filmmaker Blair Barnes, who until recently was one of the curators of the Staff Picks team at Vimeo. Moderated by filmmaker Connor Lee O&#x27;Keefe. Find program updates on our website: <a href="http://www.docchicago.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.docchicago.com/</a> Questions? Contact us at: docchicagoconference@gmail.comDoc Chicago is a project of the non-profit Percolator Films. Thanks to the Chicago Film Office/DCASE for co-hosting Doc Chicago and Northwestern University&#x27;s MFA in Documentary Media program for the support!

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