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Montage Of Greatness: L.A’s Newest Film Festival Showcases Documentaries, Mockumentaries (‘Guffman’!), Concert Docs, Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi, the stars of 'Waiting For Guffman,' and documentary's leading figures have turned out for the inaugural This Is Not a Fiction Festival.
(Martin) documentary; Barbara Kopple, screening Harlan County, USA and American Dream; Joe Berlinger screening Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Brother’s Keeper, both co-directed by the late Bruce Sinofsky; Kirsten Johnson with Cameraperson; Terry Zwigoff with Crumb, Bill Morrison with Dawson City: Frozen Time, Incident, and Decasia; Brett Morgen with Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck; Sandi Tan with her feature Shirkers and short Gourmet Baby; Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss with Girls State. “The inaugural festival includes a dynamic lineup of repertory classics, cutting-edge documentaries, television programs, experimental works, essay films, fiction and more,” notes the American Cinematheque. Also countering some of the bleak headlines about nonfiction cinema recently, the Full Frame documentary festival in Durham, NC came back earlier this month, after being dark since the pandemic.
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