FUTURE IMAGEMAKERSStranger with a Camera: An Appalshop Film
Directed by: Elizabeth Barret 2000 Running Time: 61 Minutes
Info from Appalshop with link to interview with Director Elizabeth Barrett
POV on PBSwhich broadcast the film
Companion Website
Related Reading:
“Stranger With a Camera,” NEW YORKER article by Calvin Trillin [download]
Whose Agenda Is It, Anyway? Documentary Burdens, Community Benefits
By Lynn McKnight
The article from the New Yorker on landmine victims from Sierra Leone in Staten Island: “The Children of Freetown” by George Packer, The New Yorker, January 13, 2003 > dowload
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Ann Fadiman
Dreaming with Cameras program started by alum David Negron
Learn how to facilitate story circles as developed by Roadside Theater
A Story Circle is 5-20 people sitting in a circle, telling stories or remembrances, led by a Story Circle facilitator. While the themes of Story Circles vary according to purpose, the methodology is the same for each Circle. All Story Circles have as a common objective the development of listening and verbal expression skills, plus a greater appreciation for the cultural gifts and talents of everyday people. All Story Circles should be as much about listening as they are about telling.
Next week, I will facilitate a story circle with you all. Please download handout and read before next week.
***Check out the Neighborhood Story Project a documentary book making project in New Orleans.
