The New York Film Academy and The Doc Tank
announce a new evening series in NYC, free and open to the public The Unsung Heroes of Documentary
Please join us to Recognize, Educate, Celebrate!
DO YOU HAVE A NOMINATION FOR AN UNSUNG HERO OF DOCUMENTARY? We're planning our next events for February, March, and April 2012 and are looking for the most heroic of the bunch. Documentary directors please let us know who has saved your butt best. write to doctank@gmail.com please with your suggestions. Thanks!
This event is free and open to the public. ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT UNSUNG HERO:
STEVE PEQUIGNOT, po st-production pro extraordinaire
NYFA, Tuesday 10/4, 7 PM (doors open at 6:30) Steve Pequignot has won the love of documentary makers who rely on him to get them to the finish line time after time. His unflappable attitude, technical knowledge, and creative artistry are unmatched. His list of credits is long and includes many documentary classics, from Lion in the House to 56 Birch Street to Harvard Beats Yale.
Please join us as Steve discusses clips of his work and takes questions about any and everything related to his career and the final steps of documentary filmmaking. And then, an enthusiastic toast in his honor, and a reception (with cheap wine and free cheese)!
NEWSFLASH: We are proud to announce our very first Honoree! NYFA, Tuesday 9/27, 7 PM A beloved and experienced but still Unsung Hero of Documentary, Rosemary will present and discuss her work and career.
Our first UH (Unsung Hero) has contributed to zillions of noted docs, including:
INSIDE JOB (2011 Oscar winner for doc); HBO’s WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER (Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, producers); REGRET TO INFORM; & THE BRANDON TEENA STORY. She will be appearing with Crayton Robey (Director/Producer of Making the Boys, to which Rosemary contributed as Archival Researcher.)
Robey made his directorial debut with the award-winning documentary, When Ocean Meets Sky, which premiered at SXSW. When Ocean Meets Sky provides a vivid portrait of the birth and evolution of one of the world's first gay enclaves, Fire Island Pines and is a popular broadcast on MTV Logo’s Real Momentum series. His latest film, Making the Boys provides an unflinching look at a seminal moment in the advent of the gay liberation movement: the making of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band, and its enduring relevance. Making the Boys made its world premiere at the 60th Berlinale and was acquired by First Run Features.The film has been lauded with Critics’ Pick honors by The New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, and San Francisco Chronicle. Robey is a frequent lecturer on GLBTQ and arts related issues.
about the series HEROES TBA: 10/4 & 10/11
Directors of Photography,
editors, sound recordists, mixers, graphic artists, designers, colorists,
composers—these are the brilliant specialists who save the day countless times
on countless documentary films, lending their skill and soul again and again to
enable Directors and Producers to realize their dreams. But do they get credit
and recognition? Love and understanding? Not enough! We thought it would be
fun, fitting, and overdue, to drag some of our shy artistic and technical
heroes into a little spotlight.
The New York Film Academy (NYFA)
has the club-house atmo of its historic Tamanny Hall Building, and is perfectly
located at 100 East 17th Street,
just east of Union Square. The upstairs screening room is a large informal
space.
The Honoree will present and
discuss clips of his/her work, take questions, and be toasted en masse,
followed by mingling with cheap drinks and refreshments. Director/Producers who
have worked with the Honoree will be invited to testify to their powers.
We hope to attract an
intergenerational audience: film students who can learn about important
professional film career paths, and Doc Makers who want to raise a glass in
appreciation. We're planning an experimental run for 3 Tuesdays this fall 2011
and hope to bring it back this spring.
We want ideas, nominations,
suggestions! Please help spread the word and let us hear from you at unsung@thedoctank.com. Brought to you
by Andrea Swift, Chair of Documentary Department at NYFA, and The Doc Tank (a
documentary center run by NYFA doc faculty member, filmmaker Immy Humes).
contact:
Immy Humes doctank@gmail.com 212/253-9296
Andrea Swift aswift@nyfa.edu
more to come, please stay tuned.
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