105: Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film

Seventh Row Editors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith discuss the journey of writing our new ebook, Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film. On this episode The book's origin story (2:22) What do we mean by "creative nonfiction" (8:53) How we put the book together (11:25) Editing and revising site content (12:33) Targeting new films and filmmakers (14:12) Why we focus on contemporary film (20:55) The book's six sections (32:19) The films in the book (37:01) What we discovered writing the book (40:39) The Creative nonfiction workshop (45:58) Conclusion (49:44) Show notes Pre-order the book Visit our Lockdown film school page to view some past sessions and find information on upcoming sessions, including one with Robert Greene and Joe Bini Read six filmmakers, from Penny Lane to Kirsten Johnson, weigh in on the question, what do you call your nonfiction film? Read our survey of fifteen critics and filmmakers on the films that changed how they thought about documentary. Related episodes Ep. 99: Creative Nonfiction with Penny Lane and Carol Nguyen