Hawke also directed the documentary Seymour: An Introduction (2014), about pianist Seymour Bernstein.
The music was corny, the opening sequence in which Sagan strides along a clifftop above a rocky shore felt like a documentary cliché, his introduction was painfully drawn-out, the promised poetry was turning the sea air purple.
and his directorial pieces, like last year's sublime documentary "Seymour" An Introduction".
The uninitiated should watch the fantastic Particle Fever documentary for an introduction to the madness and magic of CERN.
In that spirit, "One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das" is a fine enough documentary, a nice enough introduction to a charismatic figure with a fascinating life, an unusual art and worldwide fans.
In both processes of transfer and introduction, the documentary record is vastly incomplete.
Again, I shot a lot of tape of my friends, but a few years later, I took an introduction to documentary class and I realized I could edit the footage, and I was blown away.
Michael Sragow wrote in 2000 that the documentary was "a wonderful introduction to Peckinpah's radically detailed historical film about American outlaws in revolutionary Mexico — a masterpiece that's part bullet-driven ballet, part requiem for Old West friendship and part existential explosion.
"As an American, I am also deeply concerned about my family's future, about our shared future as a nation," said Weaver in her introduction to the documentary.
Other financing plans for JustFilms include an open application process -- details are at www.fordfoundation.org/justfilms - and partnerships with other Ford Foundation grant-making programs where the introduction of a documentary film could help draw attention.
