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SPICE: Docudramas Unite!

Past Sessions
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 13 Tammuz 5781 - 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 6 Tammuz 5781 - 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 29 Sivan 5781 - 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Register by Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Class sessions: Monday, June 2, 9, 16, & 23, 10:30 am–
Noon

When the cinema was first invented those early works were almost all documentaries. Soon, filmmakers moved to fiction storytelling, with some creating nonfiction products. Since that time, we have seen the form evolve to include such elements as talking-head interviews, lush musical scores, animated graphics and other special effects so that at times, it can be difficult to differentiate the docu from the drama. Let’s explore the differences between nonfiction and fiction filmmaking. We will examine two pair of movies, each telling the same story, and see where they unite and diverge: Grey Gardens (Maysles, 1975) and Grey Gardens (Sucsy, 2009); and Our Brand Is Crisis (Boynton, 2005) and Our Brand Is Crisis (Green, 2015). Along the way, we will learn about cinematography, editing and other tools of the trade. Join me for a robust discussion of the world's great "Seventh Art."

Facilitator: Christopher Reed is a film critic, filmmaker and educator, currently Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Film and Moving Image at Stevenson University. A member of the DC Area Film Critics Association and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic, he is lead film critic at Hammer to Nail and Film Festival Today, co-host of The Fog of Truth, a podcast devoted to documentary cinema, and the author of Film Editing: Theory and Practice. Chris holds a B.A. from Harvard in Slavic Languages and Literatures (concentration in Russian), an M.A from Yale in Russian and East European Studies (concentration in Russian Film), and an M.F.A. from the Graduate Film Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Registration: Reservations may be made via email to sboxerbell@gmail.com or by phone to Sherri Bell, SPICE Chair at 410-833-2409. If you are a temple member, payment may be made by requesting to have your account billed. Other accepted methods of payment include credit card, cash paid in person at class or a check made out to HSOSC, with SPICE and the course name in the check memo, mailed to 1 Clifton Court, Pikesville, MD 21208.

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