101 – The First Female Director with Pamela B. Green
Listen now
Description
We're back! Season 2 of the TDL podcast has officially begun... Pamela B. Green has made her first documentary feature, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache.  And it is about one of the true pioneers of cinema, Alice Guy Blache.  You've probably not heard of her.  You're not alone.  Even film scholars and most of Hollywood's finest have no idea who she was.  And Pamela is set on rectifying that situation.   Topics Discussed the need for true resilience for a doc filmmaker to stay with their passion projects how Alice Guy Blache was one of the original filmmakers who embraced the idea of entrepreneurship how her successful $200k Kickstarter campaign helped her build an audience for her film her approach to using the detective work behind her search for Alice Guy Blache was used as a significant part of the story   Trailer Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache   https://vimeo.com/70380930   Chris in Cambodia Story Series It's great to be back, #Doclifer! And I'm eager to share some of my stories and lessons from my most recent trip filming in Cambodia on our current documentary, Elvis of Cambodia. First lesson up?  Pack. Lightly.   #Doclifer Stories Where we share our listeners #doclives and filmmaking stories.  This week, Thomas Bertram, who started his production company RainWater Media six years ago and is currently over in the country of Thailand filming on his latest documentary.   The #Doclifer Elite Mastermind On Tuesday, May 7th, 2019, we will be bringing together the new members of the #Doclifer Elite Mastermind, a collective of documentary filmmakers moving their documentary films and their documentary lives forward with purpose. We would love for YOU to be one of those members. Complete the application today and let's get to work on making your best doc film!   Sponsors & Thank Yous Thank you to music licensing platform, Music Vine for contributing the wonderful music that we've used in this week's episode. We've used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are different. Their music catalogue that is truly fresh, diverse, full of character, their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend Music Vine.   Subscribe Apple | Spotify | Stitcher |   Rate and Review If you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others.  Simply click the link and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry.  Thank you for your support!    
More Episodes
Can you believe that it was over four years ago that we first began producing episodes of The Documentary Life?? Well, neither can we. But as they say, all good things must come to an end! It has been a great ride this here podcast over the past four years! Which is why this is not our typical...
Published 10/02/20
Imagine stepping up to the podium to accept your award for Best Documentary Feature for the film that you have put your heart, soul, blood sweat tears into. What would you say? Who would thank? Where would you even start? Well, Steven Bognar, of this year's American Factory knows precisely what...
Published 09/18/20
In the past, documentary cinematography has been in the shadow of narrative feature's, overlooked because of certain, perhaps unfair assumptions about the craft. Well, that is no longer the case since the American Society of Cinematographers, as of this year, has an award for Outstanding...
Published 09/04/20