Simon Kilmurry on Documentaries
It’s great to have people like Simon Kilmurry from the IDA to remind us of the importance of the documentary genre. He does so in a guest column entitled ”Why Documentaries matter more than Ever” in Hollywood Reporter, in an issue that came out a couple of days ago. Here are two quotes, and a link to the whole article:
… Documentary film is a form that allows us to walk in another’s shoes, to build a sense of shared humanity, that gives voice to the marginalized and the scorned, that strives to hold those in power to account. In these challenging times, when journalism is held in such contempt that Steve Bannon can freely tell the media to “keep its mouth shut,” it is all the more important to support the ever-risky endeavor that documentary filmmaking is becoming…
… If cinema is our most powerful art form, I would argue that documentary is both its beating heart and its conscience. It holds a mirror to our society and it holds our conscience to account. It is more important than ever that we come together to speak up for and support those filmmakers — here and around the world — who bring us these essential stories…
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-documentaries-matter-more-ever-guest-column-976290
