TBILISI, Georgia, 27 September 2013 — Participants in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop bear down to finish their projects on the last day of our five-day marathon on how to make documentaries for television and the Internet. The Thomson Reuters Foundation sponsored the event, one of the most gratifying I’ve ever done. Participants came not […]
TBILISI, Georgia, 25 September 2013 — One of the participants in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop, Hasmik Harutyunyan, poses with the make-up artist of the Armenian Theater in Tbilisi. He is one of a handful of people trying to keep alive the tradition of the 150-year-old structure, which has been awaiting reconstruction now for a […]
TBILISI, Georgia, 23 September 2013 — We’re halfway into the first of five days of our Backpack Video Journalism Workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia. Sponsored by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, I’m teaching regional journalists how to make powerful, character-driven documentaries. From the little I know about the region, it seems like this methodology is little used […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 16 September 2013 — Esther and I received notice this morning that our film, “THROUGH THEIR EYES” has been selected to participate at the 23rd edition of the London Latin American Film Festival which will take place at BOLIVAR HALL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON /INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAS and at other venues across London […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 14 September 2013 — This is to announce that we are scheduling a LIVE Video Journalism Workshop for 17-20 October in Washington, DC. These four-day events are designed to teach participants how to make 3-5 minute documentary films. We are joined by aspiring filmmakers from all over the country — and beyond. For […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 21 August 2013 — I’ve posted the three films on God and gangs in Guatemala on YouTube. You can find them here: I. The Gangs II. The Researcher III. The Pastor I hope you enjoy them. Bill Gentile