As per IT rules, I'm not allowed to get political here, but I do think that I'm allowed to say that if you're a documentarian of any sorts, you might wanna get your ass to our nation's capitol on January 21st, cuz shit's about to get real.
Moderator APB: this thread is only for discussing the film making aspects of the march.
Any opinions about women protesting or their roles in society will be considered political in nature and result in an infraction. Lets keep it on topic. We are an indie film board.
I know a group here in Pittsburgh who are planning a bike trip to the protest. It's about a 5 day trip (335 miles), and given the weather in January, could be a pretty rough trek. I appreciate the commitment and dedication of these women (the bike scene around here is pretty crazy) and I'm sure there are a ton of similar stories around the country right now that would make for good documentaries. If anyone is thinking of shooting something, don't wait until January, check out your local politically active scenes now!
This sounds like it could work brilliantly. Someone needs to hook them up with a bunch of GoPros and get a documentarian to do a ridealong and you've got the basic footage for a great piece.
The Gopro idea is perfect! Shoot interviews and prep here in Pittsburgh, and again down in DC, cut with Gopro footage from the road (whatever they feel comfortable with). I just sent the woman fronting this an email. I know another woman who does documentaries, to direct and edit, so if they are interested, I'll connect them to make it happen. Another person I know runs a group for local women in music, so the soundtrack would be a breeze too! I hope they're interested; it's a great story (though not my story to tell, but I'll do my part in helping connect people)
Originally posted by Nick Clapper:
I'm glad you deleted the very misogynistic posts (and hopefully the poster was banned) but we should be encouraging discussions about how to get more women involved in film and filmmaking, and what part we, as a film community, can play in the equality movement.
Huh?
I understand that discussion of politics is banned on this board, and rightly so, but the idea that discussing 'women protesting or their roles in society' constitutes something fractious or political is crazy. I'm glad you deleted the very misogynistic posts (and hopefully the poster was banned) but we should be encouraging discussions about how to get more women involved in film and filmmaking, and what part we, as a film community, can play in the equality movement. Simply banning discussion of the women's 'roles in society' is the wrong way to go about this – are you also banning discussion of men's roles in society? If so, that's going to wipe out almost any discussion about film history!
This forum clearly has a problem with too few women posting. I think it was a good step to remove the hateful comments that were posted on here, but we don't encourage women to join this board if we forbid discussion of female participation, both in society in general and on this board.
I'm glad you deleted the very misogynistic posts (and hopefully the poster was banned) but we should be encouraging discussions about how to get more women involved in film and filmmaking, and what part we, as a film community, can play in the equality movement. Simply banning discussion of the women's 'roles in society' is the wrong way to go about this – are you also banning discussion of men's roles in society? If so, that's going to wipe out almost any discussion about film history!
This forum clearly has a problem with too few women posting. I think it was a good step to remove the hateful comments that were posted on here, but we don't encourage women to join this board if we forbid discussion of female participation, both in society in general and on this board.
Nick - agreed and fyi the posts that triggered the deletions were (very) racist and not the misogynistic one. I'm one of the (relatively) few active women on this board and would really like to see more women here.
Wow you're traveling all the way across the country to go to this event?
The Gopro idea is perfect! Shoot interviews and prep here in Pittsburgh, and again down in DC, cut with Gopro footage from the road (whatever they feel comfortable with). I just sent the woman fronting this an email. I know another woman who does documentaries, to direct and edit, so if they are interested, I'll connect them to make it happen. Another person I know runs a group for local women in music, so the soundtrack would be a breeze too! I hope they're interested; it's a great story (though not my story to tell, but I'll do my part in helping connect people)