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A Preview of the 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

April 2, 2008 10:20 AM, by Catherine

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival runs from April 3-6, 2008The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival kicks off this week in Durham, North Carolina. Now in its eleventh year, the festival brings filmmakers and film lovers to the historic Carolina Theater for four days of documentaries — and it's become one of the most celebrated doc festivals in the country. This year's roster includes work by more than 100 filmmakers, including Werner Herzog and Chantal Akerman.

Check out the list of all the films to be presented at Full Frame at the festival's website.

P.O.V. filmmakers — past and present — will be presenting their latest projects at Full Frame. You can catch a preview of some of the films we'll be airing this summer and next, including Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) by Ellen Kuras (P.O.V. 2009), Calavera Highway by Renee Tajima-Peña and Evangeline Griego (P.O.V. 2008), Up the Yangtze by Yung Chang (P.O.V. 2008), and The Last Conquistador by John Valadez and Cristina Ibarra (P.O.V. 2008).

Films by P.O.V. alums at Full Frame this year include Beginning Filmmaking by Jay Rosenblatt (I Used to Be a Filmmaker, P.O.V. 2005), Full Battle Rattle by Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss (Speedo, P.O.V. 2004), and Life . Support . Music by Eric Daniel Metzgar (The Chances of the World Changing, P.O.V. 2007).

P.O.V. alum Lourdes Portillo (Señorita Extraviada, P.O.V. 2002) has curated a special slate of films for the festival this year, under the title of Migrations. In her essay about these films on Full Frame's website, Portillo wrotes:


...[T]hese films underscore the heritage of the unsung heroes of the open road and seas, helping us realize that we are all on this journey of discovery. It is an adventure, a trial and an exhilarating re-examination of who we ultimately are as human beings, in a state of constant movement and migration. The documentaries chosen here allow us to experience these journeys intimately, to partake in their joys and sorrows, giving us the gift of greater understanding.

Films in the Migration series include Deborah Hoffman's Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (P.O.V. 1995), and Sewing Woman by two-time P.O.V. alum Arthur Dong (Family Fundamentals, P.O.V. 2003, and Licensed to Kill, P.O.V. 1998).

If you'll be in Durham, check out all of these films and much much more. Also, please say hello to P.O.V. series producer, Yance Ford. She'll be watching films, meeting with filmmakers and blogging about the festival.

Tags: Documentary News, Full Frame '08, P.O.V. Alums, film festivals

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