Mr. Khatibi's approach has been to make a feature film disguised as a documentary about the making of a documentary, with several of the actors, including himself, using their own first names.
Now that the festival, the leading showplace for independent film, is half over, at least seven films have been bought for distribution -- five features and two documentaries -- with several others close to deals.
Champagne's documentary concludes with several women who fly their Cuban husbands to live with them in America or Canada.
Two years later, Taxi to the Dark Side, Gibney's powerful documentary about an Afghan taxi driver who was swept up in the war on terror and was tortured to death in an Afghan prison, won the Oscar for best documentary feature, along with several other awards.
Irib's coverage of the nuclear talks with world powers was seen as hostile by government supporters, with several documentaries attacking both foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the deal he was working to achieve.
My favorite moment in the book sees Herzog at a film festival, on a panel discussion with several documentary filmmakers.
Later in the year, the band compiled the video album box set REMTV, which collected their two Unplugged performances along with several other documentaries and live shows, while their record label released the box set 7IN 83 88, made up of 7" vinyl singles.
During his three and a half years there, Jonathan also produced and directed a series of anti-recruitment ads and several documentaries with the Santa Ynez Chumash tribe.
Ms. Blythe — who creates plays in the documentary mold of Anna Deavere Smith – conducted interviews with several dozen people in Ipswich, beginning only days after the discovery of the fifth body and continuing through and beyond the arrest, trial and conviction of Steve Wright, a fork-lift truck driver.
He is a star in Hollywood with several movie and documentary appearances to his credit, while still traipsing the earth giving talks and lectures, and yes, Chuck D is still performing his art.
Blending fiction with documentary, interviewing several retired workers and scripting faux interviews with other characters, he brings huge stretches of long-repressed history to life on an intimate scale.
