by Joey Daoud | Oct 15, 2008 | Career, Film School
So right before I went off on documentary making adventures, Mr. Gilmore and I had a rendezvous back in Tallahassee. First, to belay any doubts I had when I ended my last recount of our adventures, he did remember me. Joining him was Julie Le Brocquy who produced...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 7, 2008 | Film Festival
Last Stop 174 aims to tell the human side of the bus hijacking in 2000 in Rio de Janeiro. The film felt very real and was like a portrait of a world. It reminded me of City of God, something that was brought up a lot (the main actor was even in City of God). It was...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 27, 2008 | Documentary, Movies
I loved this movie. It was by far my favorite film at Full Frame. I’ve noted before how I’m on the fence about going into narratives or docs. This proved you can accomplish both. Following four high school seniors, American Teen was like watching all the...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 25, 2008 | Documentary
HBO Documentaries: Documentary Films Series: The Blacklist: Synopsis Previously mentioned The Blacklist is now playing on HBO. Schedule here. Definitely worth a watch once you think of it as a collection of moving portraits (Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the director,...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 20, 2008 | Documentary, Video Production
TWiT Live – Live Netcasts from TWiT with Leo Laporte and Friends. If you’re bored Thursday, I’m interviewing Leo Laporte. But in a documentary first (?), he’s going to be broadcasting the interview online through his TWiT Live show. So who will...
