IW. Full Frame.

"Marking its 10th anniversary, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is more than a diamond in the rough," writes Neil Morris, opening the Independent Weeky's big celebratory package on the fest, opening today and running through Sunday. "Sure, it is the largest film festival in the United States devoted solely to documentaries. It is the Triangle's preeminent arts and entertainment event. But, perhaps more significantly, the festival has contributed to and benefited from the overall ascendancy of documentary filmmaking. Many of the films shown at Full Frame over the past nine years are like historical time stamps chronicling our collective zeitgeist, from 9/11 to the Iraq War to Katrina and beyond."

The overview crescendos here: "Foremost amid the schedule is the Power of Ten curated program, in which 10 acclaimed artists who have contributed to Full Frame's success were asked to select one film that has significantly influenced them."

Michael MooreAllen Gurganus will be presenting this year's Career Award to Ross McElwee, and Douglas Vuncannon talks with both him and his frequent star and muse, Charleen Swansea.

"Exactly who is David Allan Coe, and what does he believe in?" asks Grayson Currin. "[Director Shambhavi] Kaul's not saying in Field of Stone or in conversation because she doesn't know, and that's the provocative edge of her work."

Banished and Greensburo: Closer to the Truth are featured in the Southern Sidebar. Lisa Sorg takes a look at both.

Then comes the great swath of capsule reviews written up by IW staff.

Posted by dwhudson at April 12, 2007 8:31 AM