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The ITVS Indie Roundup

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A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval.

Want to know how to make money? No, I mean, really, like how money is minted? This fascinating 1920 silent documentary shows how gold is melted into coins.

Enough about dusty old documentaries. This upcoming film about the Tropicalia music movement in Brazil promises to leave you with some new summer jams.

Interview whizzes Lucy Walker and Steve James turn their skills on each other as they chat about their creative paths and processes. The directors of Waste Land and The Interrupters will also give you pointers about getting sources to open up. Continue reading →

FOCUS ON: Pedro Kos, Editor of Waste Land

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By Melody Morgan

BTB is delighted to introduce a new feature called FOCUS ON — a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up first is editor Pedro Kos, whose Oscar-nominated doc Waste Land airs Tuesday, April 19 on Independent Lens.


What was the first film project you ever edited?

In 1996, I was a student in the New York Film Academy Summer Program held at Yale University. I edited a Super 16mm short about an overwhelmed secretary who has a breakdown, shreds all her paperwork into confetti, and then dances through the offices. This was a one-minute short.

You’re an editor, but you are also a director. Do you think that being an editor makes you a better filmmaker/director?

Absolutely.
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Waste Land Nominated for Academy Award

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The nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning from the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles. Among the nominees for best documentary feature was Lucy Walker’s Waste Land, which premiers this April on Independent Lens.
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