Based On True Events: held on 4/23, 1pm, Barnes and Noble Union Square: Steven Silver, screenwriter/director of the Bang Bang Club, w. Greg Marinovich, photographer and co-author.
The Bang-Bang Club was a name that is associated with 4 photographers, between 1990 and 1994, in South Africa, during apartheid period: Kevin Carter (a South African, September 13, 1960 --July 27, 1994), Greg Marinovich( a South African 1962- ), Ken Oosterbroek (February 14, 1963- April 18, 1994), and João Silva (August 9, 1966--Portugal) were the four associated with the name. The first 2 are award winning photographers, while Carter commited suicide in 1994 after Oosterbroek was killed on duty photographing the war.
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| Tribecca Film Festivals 2011, panel discussion, Barnes and Noble HTC G2 Image by Wen Wen Lin |
(1) The Truth Be Told?: This is an interesting talk to attend for a docu-enthusiast like me. It has always been a question as to where the true story ends and fiction begins. Sometimes, the truth has its own destiny, and may not seem to be that interesting for the audience to watch. and the fiction, the story itself, kind of get off on its own to dictate the story, the classic frankenstein, the created grow life and intelligence of it own. For s story based on true event, the writer/film maker would have to abide by a big majority of the facts to tell the story-- is it the writer's responsibility to completely follow the source materials?
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| "wanting a meal"-- image by Kevin Carter(1960-1994); "the war does not determine who is right, the war determine who is left." Bertrand Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) |
(2) What to dramatize and what to omit?: it come down to be a subjective choice by the writer/film maker. The source materials, and the truth sometimes could have 5 legs, and go into all directions-- the audience is the writers/film maker's responsibility-- not the random truth, but the chosen truth to present them to the audience, to whatever make the sense of it all. and others are omitted. It is a narrative film.
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| photography by Greg Marinovich |
(3) the chosen truth and documentary-- so here is my question, for docu film, is the truth more dominant than a narrative film, based on true events, and how so?
thank you for reading the blog. good night.
wen wen da' nuevo yorku
interview of Bang Bang Club:
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