A documentarian shares her perspective on the process of creating a movie about dying, death, and rebirth, and the synchronicities along the way. Learn how she found cast members, used universal... More > energy to help guide the production team through the movie-making process, and details of a rainy Friday the 13th inside the San Diego County morgue. In this true story of connection and discovery, you will marvel at the universe conspiring to bring out the best in each of us while encouraging and sometimes forcing us to push our boundaries. Learn from people who experienced death and came back to new lives full of wonder and promise, with inspiring messages from the other side. Perspective is everything.< Less
This book chronicles the process of creating a documentary that shares the story of Derek Free and other patients with Diamond Blackfan Anemia. DBA is considered an “orphan disease,” one... More > that affects so few people that it is not profitable to pharmaceutical companies, and therefore does not justify research. Until recently, not enough people had the disease to justify governmental aid. A transformation towards hope reveals a disease that is defying odds and treading new ground for the possibility of a cure.
The small documentary interviews Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Beth Whitehouse (author of The Match: ”Savior Siblings” and One Families Battle to Heal Their Daughter, the story of the Trebing family), Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, Dr. David Bodine from the National Institutes of Health, Drs. Jeffrey Lipton and Adrianna Vlachos from Cohen
Children’s Hospital, the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation’s founder, Dawn Baumgardner, and Marie Arturi, founder of the Daniella Maria Arturi Foundation.< Less
A FILM ESSAY COLLECTION is a book of selected film studies essays including a Reading film essay on Citizen Kane, Film as Art essay on Andrei Tarkovsky, Forms of Documentary work on cinema verite'... More > and The Thin Blue Line, Cinema as a "politcal" entity and an essay on Bicycle Thieves, all written and researched by Andreas Koutsoudis.< Less
A FILM ESSAY COLLECTION is a book of selected film studies essays including a Reading film essay on Citizen Kane, Film as Art essay on Andrei Tarkovsky, Forms of Documentary work on cinema verite'... More > and The Thin Blue Line, Cinema as a "politcal" entity and an essay on Bicycle Thieves, all written and researched by Andreas Koutsoudis.< Less
After initially being given only two months to live due to an aggressive form of Cancer, Bradley Sell spent his remaining days spreading his message of early cancer detection and raising awareness of... More > cancer prevention. During his final months, Sell enlisted the help of his son, a documentary filmmaker to document his story in order to allow his message to continue on after he is gone. The result is the award winning documentary 'My Dying Day', which is an examination of the narrow line which divides life and death. The film is an incredibly personal and emotional portrait of an Individual's struggle to overcome all odds. 'Reflections of Life on Film' are excerpts and stories from Sell regarding the production of the film, the bond that developed between the two during shooting, and the affects of viewing his own Father's final moments through the lens of his video camera.< Less
After initially being given only two months to live due to an aggressive form of Cancer, Bradley Sell spent his remaining days spreading his message of early cancer detection and raising awareness of... More > cancer prevention. During his final months, Sell enlisted the help of his son, a documentary filmmaker to document his story in order to allow his message to continue on after he is gone. The result is the award winning documentary 'My Dying Day', which is an examination of the narrow line which divides life and death. The film is an incredibly personal and emotional portrait of an Individual's struggle to overcome all odds. 'Reflections of Life on Film' are excerpts and stories from Sell regarding the production of the film, the bond that developed between the two during shooting, and the affects of viewing his own Father's final moments through the lens of his video camera.< Less
[B/W version] In this book I offer rave reviews of 150 great true films. They include documentaries, educational films, instructional how-to's, and what the British call factuals - non-fiction visual... More > accounts. The 150 films included in this book are the best non-fiction films I've found for general interest. I haven't had TV for 20 years, so I've concentrated my viewing on true films. I run a little website (www.truefilms.com) where I solicit suggestions of great stuff. So far about 40,000 true films have been released. There's no time to watch them all, and little guidance to what's great. I've watched all these films more than once. Sometimes thrice. This little book will steer you to the best true films. Each film gets a short review of why it is worth your time, then I feature 4 or 5 screen captures to show you the texture and style of the film. I also include a picture of the cover and indicate where you can rent or purchase it. All the films reviewed are available on DVD or VHS at consumer prices.< Less
