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Filmmaker Marcia Smith Tells Doc Distributors to Be ‘Courageous’ Despite Trump’s Election
Doc Leader Marcia Smith Calls On Traditional Distributors To Be 'Courageous' Despite Trump During DOC NYC Tribute Lunch
At Wednesday’s annual DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute Luncheon, over 500 of the documentary community’s best and brightest attempted to remain positive about the future of not only docus, but also America under Donald Trump ‘s leadership. The Gotham Hall gala, which marked the opening day of the 15th annual DOC NYC film festival, attracted filmmakers with documentaries vying for a spot on the Oscar shortlist, including R.J. Cutler(“Martha”), Alexis Bloom (“The Bibi Files”), Hasan Oswald (“Mediha”), Carla Gutiérrez (“Frida”) and Shiori Ito (“Black Box Diaries”). Smith, who has written for several of Firelight’s docus including “The Murder of Emmett Till” and “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” added that the doc community’s fears are now “more visceral” than ever before.
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