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Posted today on Women’s eNews: “Let’s praise Sally Berger, a curator at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), for putting together a remarkable retrospective (July 7 to 24) of the films and videos of Sally Potter, the brilliant British feminist moviemaker.”
Kudos, Sally Berger! Brava, Sally Potter J
Click HERE to read my ’05 chat with Potter when she came to Chicago to promote her film Yes starring Joan Allen.
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Click HERE to read my review for WomenArts.
Click HERE to read my chat with Danish Director Lone Scherfig about her new film AN EDUCATION. What are YOU doing THIS weekend? If you support WITASWAN, then your answer should be: “I’m going to see AN EDUCATION!” Nag, Nag, Nag J
24.Oct.09 Events: Metro Chicago Only, Events: WITASWAN & SWAN Day, Jan's Chats Read more Comments (0)
Download Jan’s Chat with Nina Davenport as a pdf.
OPERATION FILMMAKER premieres tonight on PBS!!! Here’s the basic story: An American film crew brings a young Iraqi man named Muthana to their shoot in the Czech Republic. They’re offering him a great “learning opportunity,” but he has no clue what it really means to be “a production assistant.” When the shoot ends, they all leave, & he’s stuck. The War in Iraq has become a quagmire, & his life is at risk if he tries to go home.
Kudos to Nina Davenport for doing her best to “keep faith” with Muthana long after others had abandoned him. Kudos to Nina Davenport for creating an excellent film that asks hard questions. Shame on us if we don’t pay attention!
Visit the PBS website for screening times for their doc series “Independent Lens.” Visit the OPERATION FILMMAKER website for more info. Special thanks to Dalia Hoffman for assistance with prepping this piece for posting.
30.Dec.08 Events: WITASWAN & SWAN Day, Jan's Chats Read more Comments (0)
Jan: You captured it all, so please tell me about it: tell me how you created Miranda & the extra scenes that you wrote for her; tell me how you created Nigel from a composite of characters in the book. What were your goals when you create these wonderful characters.
Aline: Miranda: we wanted to take Miranda & her work very seriously, & make sure the audience got a sense of what she does & why she’s so accomplished. She’s not just inspiring that behavior in the other people around her because she’s “scary,” but because she’s so accomplished & she’s achieved such a high level at work.
http://www.films42.com/chats/aline-mckenna.asp
17.Sep.07 Jan's Chats Read more Comments (0)
What a surprise: I walked into a critics screening of MISS POTTER with minimal background and low expectations (“Oy, Peter Rabbit? I don’t think so!”), but walked out delighted to have met her acquaintance. Luckily the publicist was able to add me to Chris Noonan’s schedule when the came to
http://www.films42.com/chats/noonan.asp
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Jan: Julie, tell me about the evolution of your character “
http://www.films42.com/chats/julie-delpy.asp
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