This episode highlights a session from last summer's Lockdown Film School with Penny Lane and Carol Nguyen. Lane and Nguyen discuss their approaches to creative nonfiction. It was recorded as a conversation between Lane, Nguyen, Editor-In-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith in May 2020 as part of our Lockdown Film School series. On this episode

• Why this episode and the origins of creative nonfiction (1:17)
• Intro with Penny Lane and Carol Nguyen (4:18)
• Why creative nonfiction (7:03)
• Inspirations (17:03)
• Documentary vs creative nonfiction as a label (20:49)
• Editing and pre-screening (26:01)
• Animation in documentary (33:02)
• Audience questions (41:31)

Show notes:

• Read Orla's article "What is creative nonfiction?"
• Read Alex's review of Penny Lane’s Nuts!.
• Watch Watching the Pain of Others, Chloé Galibert-Laîné’s excellent and artful video essay on Penny Lane’s films, focusing on the emotional impact that Lane’s The Pain of Others had on her and the way the film’s editing creates and shapes audience empathy.
• View the other Lockdown Film School sessions

Related episode

• Ep. 95: Reclaiming history in documentary: No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed
• Ep. 46: Mina Shum and Philippe Falardeau
• Ep. 12: Hail Satan? featuring director Penny Lane

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