Lorsque la série Manifestes en série de Hugo Latulippe a été télédiffusée l’année passée, j’étais trop occupé pour regarder plus que quelques bribes, mais j’ai pris bonne note du fait qu’un réseau spécialisé (Canal D) diffusait une série intéressante et progressiste. Maintenant, une autre chaîne spécialisée, Canal Vie – aussi propriété d’Astral Média – vient [...]
Documentary Field Notes and Flashpoints: archive
You are at the archive for the January, 2009
A Violinist in the Metro
As a New Year’s greeting I sent all my friends a touching, revealing and thought-provoking story which I had received from Carole Roy who is working with me on the film about the Raging Grannies. It says a lot about how we live and it certainly made me think, because on most days I would [...]
A passionate pursuit, but can you make a living?
Myself and Simon Bujold (on camera) wearing our techincian hats, filming Annie Roy on St. Lawrence Avenue in Montreal. Photo by Michel Gélinas.
Fellow filmmaker Manfred Becker, director and editor based in Toronto (director of Fatherland, co-director of Diamond Road) recently wrote to me with a question. He was preparing for a workshop he was giving [...]
Harvey Milk, documentary and fiction
Harvey Milk (left); Sean Penn playing Harvey Milk (right)
Last week, I saw both the 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Rob Epstein, and the recently released fiction film Milk, directed by Gus van Sant. Both tell the story of the rise to prominence and assassination of the first openly gay man to [...]
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About Magnus
Magnus Isacsson is a documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. He specializes in following social, political and environmental conflicts over long periods of time. He also lectures and leads workshops on doc filmmaking.