"Sans-culotte Idealism"

Here's a clip I found at Art Of The Guillotine - a great blog devoted to film and video editing. This is a 15 minute interview (subtitled in English) with German filmmaker, Alexander Kluge.

Toward the end of the clip, Kluge discusses documentary storytelling and states: "I can't change people, and some are more tolerant than others. But its sans-culotte idealism to say, 'The viewer ought to be interested in reality.' He's not in search of truth, unless you promise him a treasure trove."

Pleasure before truth, I guess.

Witnessing History

I was lucky enough to witness the release of political prisoner, Carlos Alberto Torres from federal prison in downstate Illinois. This was followed by a terrific welcome home celebration in Chicago. Here's a short piece I produced which documents those events:






The piece was created using a Sony VX-2100 and edited in Premiere Pro CS3.

After decades of incarceration, Oscar López Rivera remains behind bars, convicted of the federal thought-crime "seditious conspiracy." You can join the campaign to help win his release. Visit the National Boricua Human Rights Network to learn more.