Therapeutic Interventions in Documentary
Have you weighed the passion and integrity you hold for your documentary making against your own emotional and financial stability, asking yourself, will it all be worth it in the end? Little research has been carried out into the impact of documentary making on our mental health, yet voices are beginning to emerge that are recognizing that the emotional risks involved may be significant. Drawn to universal stories of epic proportions, we are looking to transform the way we see the world and to make positive change, but we are often exposed to trauma, suffering and pain in the process. The fragile nature of the varying types of relationships we maintain throughout the cycle of filmmaking is rarely discussed and filmmakers and producers may often feel that they are playing the role of a part-time therapist, friend or agent to those who open and expose their lives to us. Our reward for this work is the feeling of making a difference and of giving a voice to the voiceless; yet rarely does it sustain us in making our own living and it often comes at varying degrees of personal cost.
This frank and intimate panel will present a mix of personal experiences from producers and directors within the industry, chaired by documentary producer and psychotherapist, Rebecca Day. Participation from the audience is welcome.
Sponsored by ITVS
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Who's Attending
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Marilyn Ness
Director / Producer, Big Mouth Productions -
Doug Block
Director, Producer, Consultant/Coach (Copacetic Pictures); Founder, co-host (The D-Word), The D-Word -
Richard Berge
Filmmaker, Actual Films -
Maggie Bowman
Director of Programming, Getting Real, International Documentary Association -
Anayansi Prado
Documentary Filmmaker/Educator/Consultant, Impacto Films -
Senain Kheshgi
Co-Founder, Managing Director, MAJORITY -
Stacey Woelfel
Director, Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism -
Clare Major
Cinematographer/Director, Right Problems, LLC -
Mike Seely
Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Open Signal Productions -
Lisa Dare
Assistant Editor/Editor/Researcher -
Sharon Wood
Director/producer/writer, Cardamom Productions -
Julie Wyman
Producer/ Director, Professor, Cinema & Digital Media, UC Davis -
Sara Maamouri
Self employed -
Andrea Meller
Producer & Director, Migratory Patterns -
Andrew Hinton
Filmmaker, Pilgrim Fiilms -
Daniela Alatorre
Co-founder, No Ficcion -
Erika Cohn
Idle Wild Films -
Jonathan Goodman Levitt
Filmmaker, Changeworx -
Andrew Walcott
Motion Imaging Director, NyghtFalcon West -
Marty Syjuco
Producer, Thoughtful Robot Productions -
Dee Hibbert-Jones
Living Condition LLC -
Nomi Talisman
The Ringmaster of the S#!t Show, Living Condition LLC -
Edgar Barens
Director, Feffer Films, LLC -
Jill Orschel
Director/Producer/Cinematographer -
Rachel Pikelny
Producer, Nyla Pictures / DPA -
Erin Sorenson
President, Third Stage Consulting -
nicole karsin
Director/ Producer , Todos Los Pueblos Productions -
Nick Brandestini
Director, Envi Films -
Brad Barber
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Associate Professor -
Ariana Garfinkel
Producer, Carriage House Pictures -
Talal Jabari
Creative Producer, Capture Productions -
carole wilson
CEO, High Wire Productions -
Naomi Walker
Executive Director, Southern Documentary Fund -
Skye Fitzgerald
Nonfiction DP/Director, Spin Film -
Sarah Megyesy
Director/Director of Photography, Spiral Bound Studios -
Chris Wallis
Director & Producer, Side Pocket Images -
alexandria bombach
Director, Cinematographer, Editor, RED REEL -
Colleen Wood
Producer, With Heart Productions, LLC/Nome, Alaska -
Deana Mitchell
Director, Director of Photography -
Amanda Micheli
Director, Runaway Films -
Rachael Lewis-Krisky
Multimedia Manager, 2U inc. -
Julia Bacha
Creative Director, Just Vision -
Duong-Chi Do
Media Impact & Engagement Strategist -
Jonathan Skurnik
Film Producer and Director, Skurnik Productions, LLC -
Bonnie Rich
Docs in Progress -
Shannon Service
Ghost Fleet -
Scott Sheppard
Director/Editor/Producer, Autorickshaw Pictures -
Maria Santos
Manager, Artist Support and Labs, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program -
Emily Cohen Ibañez
Director/Producer, Reversa Films -
Moni Vargas
Nuyorktricity / BGDM -
152 Others