{"id":2919,"date":"2013-08-29T15:02:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T22:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:49:16","slug":"frederick-wisemans-berkeley-featured-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/frederick-wisemans-berkeley-featured-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Frederick Wiseman&#8217;s At Berkeley Featured in New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m interested in is making movies about as many different subjects as I can, and as many different forms of human experience.&#8221; &#8212; Frederick Wiseman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itvs.org\/films\/at-berkeley\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Donne-Class_web.jpg\" alt=\"A class at UC Berkeley, from Frederick Wiseman's film At Berkeley.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\n<p><em>Independent Lens<\/em>, which featured Frederick Wiseman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/lastletter\/\"><em>The Last Letter<\/em> <\/a>several years ago, is proud to have the master of cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9 back for this coming season with his magnum opus about college campus life, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itvs.org\/films\/at-berkeley\" target=\"_blank\"><em>At Berkeley<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 The film will have its television premiere on <em>Independent Lens<\/em> in early January, 2014 [keep checking our site for updates], and is just about to have its world premiere at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en\/cinema\/70th-festival\/line-up\/off-sel\/out-of-competition\/berkeley.html\" target=\"_blank\">Venice Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That festival premiere inspired\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/28\/movies\/moviesspecial\/film-chronicles-the-inner-workings-of-berkeley.html?_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>&#8216;<\/em>\u00a0Nicolas Rapold to write about the film and Wiseman: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/28\/movies\/moviesspecial\/film-chronicles-the-inner-workings-of-berkeley.html?_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">Film Chronicles the Inner Workings of Berkeley<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In \u201cAt Berkeley,\u201d we witness the autumn 2010 semester at a university in crisis, yet thriving. Mr. Wiseman uses the institution\u2019s settings \u2014 the meetings, classes and protests \u2014 as stages to play out its multifaceted drama of people and ideas. A student\u2019s tears at a financial aid session turn the moment into a portrait of middle-class America on the ropes. Budget meetings show the struggle to maintain the values of public education, and create a profile of a leader in then-Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. A goal is scored in a field hockey game. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich in a lecture makes an example out of a valued former aide who was unafraid to criticize him. And \u2014 this is Berkeley \u2014 a reading room is occupied by the latest generation of student activists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/28\/movies\/moviesspecial\/film-chronicles-the-inner-workings-of-berkeley.html?_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and check back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/index.html\"><em>Independent Lens<\/em><\/a> for more about <em>At Berkeley<\/em>&#8216;s upcoming premiere on PBS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m interested in is making movies about as many different subjects as I can, and as many different forms of human experience.&#8221; &#8212; Frederick Wiseman Independent Lens, which featured Frederick Wiseman&#8217;s The Last Letter several years ago, is proud to have the master of cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9 back for this coming season with his magnum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":10064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1281],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2919","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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