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118 – Filming Behind Bars with Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein The Documentary Life

    • TV & Film

Two veterans of Ken Burns films, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, have recently completed work on their documentary film, four-part PBS series, College Behind Bars.  And I had the pleasure of speaking with the both of them about some of their experiences working on Ken Burns’ films as well as what it was like going off on their own for their most recent work.
Topics Discussed
how teaching classes in prison inspired Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein to make College Behind BarsNovick and Botstein detail the logistics of making a documentary film in a prisonhow working with Ken Burns over the years informed their whittling down of 400 hours of verite footage into four hours of a seriesNovick and Botstein discuss how we, as doc filmmakers, experience profound change in our lives making our films and working with our subjects
 
Additional Resources
Watch the extended trailer for, College Behind Bars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ec3QpnaiU
 
Watch an extended look, The Vietnam War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j-3Xi5BcKs
 
 
Sponsors & Thank Yous 
° Free Music Archive – Special Thank You to recording artist, Dlay who supplied music for this week’s episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists’ music by going to Free Music Archive today!
 
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Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the link and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!
 

Two veterans of Ken Burns films, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, have recently completed work on their documentary film, four-part PBS series, College Behind Bars.  And I had the pleasure of speaking with the both of them about some of their experiences working on Ken Burns’ films as well as what it was like going off on their own for their most recent work.
Topics Discussed
how teaching classes in prison inspired Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein to make College Behind BarsNovick and Botstein detail the logistics of making a documentary film in a prisonhow working with Ken Burns over the years informed their whittling down of 400 hours of verite footage into four hours of a seriesNovick and Botstein discuss how we, as doc filmmakers, experience profound change in our lives making our films and working with our subjects
 
Additional Resources
Watch the extended trailer for, College Behind Bars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ec3QpnaiU
 
Watch an extended look, The Vietnam War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j-3Xi5BcKs
 
 
Sponsors & Thank Yous 
° Free Music Archive – Special Thank You to recording artist, Dlay who supplied music for this week’s episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists’ music by going to Free Music Archive today!
 
SubscribeApple | Spotify | Stitcher | 
Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the link and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!
 

35 min

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