Cinematographer, Tom Hurwitz talks about documentary filmmaking and his unique experience shooting in Scottsboro, Alabama where his father, documentarian Leo Hurwitz, had shot nearly 70 years before.

Question 1
Visually, when you approach a historical documentary as opposed to a feature film, are there differences in your approach or do you treat it much the same?

Question 2
Let's talk a bit about your father. What did he do and what is his background?

Question 3
Let's move a little bit now to the story of your father going down to Scottsboro.

Question 4
Did that inspire you to dig deeper into this story?

Question 5
What do you think your father would have felt about this whole turn of events?