CINEMA

Experimentation in cinema not only creates entertainment but also raises public awareness of issues of social importance

A video essay about the past and the future of an ispirational film genre, with visual references to 15 experimental documentaries

Coming of age at a time when portable 16mm cameras with the ability to record sync sound on the fly allowed filmmakers newfound levels of freedom, Pennebaker was one of the first US documentarians to use the tools and aesthetics of cinéma vérité (or direct cinema)

Scans of brainstorming, drafts, revision notes, and adjacent content from a poet's journal.