Monthly Archives: January 2018

The Imposter – Documentary

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Kiara Garcia

Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a course called Documenting Reality, abroad in London. The course was based around U.K documentaries and non-fiction, English filmmakers and production companies. We screened many different styles and themes of documentaries but … Continue reading →

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The film that I watched last week: Patriots Day (2016)

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Kunying Lin

week, I watched a film called Patriots Day directed by Peter Berg. This film is not a documentary, but it is based on the true story of marathon explosion happened in April, 2013 in Boston. I feel attached to the … Continue reading →

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Documentaries: Informative Vs. Entertaining

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Mitchell Wolf

This past week in my energy of earth class, we viewed the 2012 documentary titled Switch. As a student who is majoring in film and minoring in Earth sciences a film like this is right up my alley. It follows a … Continue reading →

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The Procrastination by Brian Yao

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Ziang Yao

The Procrastination is now in huge affection to our daily life and this is quite interesting as all the people in this planet are trying hard to meet the deadline. This kind of fighting has become a normal lifestyle for … Continue reading →

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2013 Documentary Unfortunately Still Relevant

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Jason Zaccaro

(US Special Forces officer Dan Quinn, who was relieved of his command for arguing with an Afghan commander who practiced Bacha Bazi, Picture from NY Times ) Earlier this week, the New York Times published an article titled “Afghan Pedophiles … Continue reading →

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Something Seems Fishy

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Joanna Agwanda

I just finished watching the 2018 Grammys with a few of my friends. Although it was an elegant and fun event something was a bit off. It was interesting to see Jay-Z’s 4:44 album not win a single Grammy. Jay-Z … Continue reading →

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“Life in a Day”: A review for a documentary that I watched this week

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Chunzi Shi

Life in a Day: Real and powerful, Filmmakers’ arrangement in storytelling One day in the whole life is as common as a water drop, but what if putting together what people have done around the world during this day, which … Continue reading →

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Jing Long’s idea

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Jing Long

My project idea is about the cat, I named it: “Where am I going ?” My documentary is an activism and impact film about how international students treat their pets after they graduate. Adopting a pet is a kind behavior, … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Prof. Goenka

Welcome to TRF 469/669 Advanced Filmmaking – Nonfiction Capstone for Spring 2018!

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