Problem in the Documentary World
Happy Wednesday! A few years ago, I began noticing a problem with many documentaries that set out to make a difference in the world. Despite good intentions, many social issue films leave viewers feeling immobilized and depressed
Take “Inside Job”, a great investigative documentary that nails the bad guys on Wall Street to the wall. It’s a well-made film, but I wasn’t the only viewer who felt depressed when the credits rolled.
Today there’s a growing appetite for documentaries that inspire audiences with solutions and “post, post-modern heroes”, as portrayed in award-winning transformational documentaries such as The Ghosts in Our Machine and May I Be Frank?
So…without throwing out your critical faculties, how do you integrate the best of the old school, Michael Moore-type documentaries (that decry the status quo) with the emerging hopeful approach?
What are the new editorial choices and new narrative devices used by our Emmy-nominated clients who are making transformational documentaries?
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