2006 Fall
Table of Contents

POV INTERVIEW

Lindalee Tracey

By Marc Glassman

POV talks to Tracey about her career in docs, as a director, producer, writer and subject.

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM: VIVE LE DIFFERENCE!

Spending Time in Your Own Head: Jennifer Baichwal and Ed Burtynsky’s Manufactured Landscapes

By Adam Nayman

In Manufactured Landscapes, director Baichwal, producers Nick de Pencier and cinematographer Peter Mettler join forces to profile photo icon Ed Burtynsky. Nayman looks at their creative process.

Reflecting Images: Documentaries and Photography

By Allan Tong

What is the difference between the moving and still images? Tong investigates an aesthetic issue, placing it in a historical context.

What remains?

By Jane Purdue

Purdue examines the controversial work of photographer Sally Mann and that of Steve Cantor, the documentarian who has profiled her twice on screen.

TWO MAVERICKS: GARY BURNS AND JIM BROWNE

By Andrew Tracy

Gary Burns and Jim Brown excavate the roots of suburban sprawl within their Radiant City. Tracy lends a sympathetic eye to the project.

Of This Place and Elsewhere: The films and photography of Peter Mettler

By Jerry White

POV is pleased to publish an excerpt from Jerry White’s book, which profiles Peter Mettler, the subject of a major retrospective at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

REEL FESTIVALS

Hot Docs: Truth and Beauty in Actuality

By John Halett Cuff

Former Globe and Mail journalist, now doc maker Cuff looks at Hot Docs with an insider’s eyes.

Docs and the new dawning of the policy age: Finding the crossroads at the Banff World Television Festival

By Samantha Hodder

DOC executive director Hodder confronted Telefilm’s Elizabeth Friesen at Banff. Here’s the skinny.

COLUMNS

Reel Books: Video for Change, a review

By Elizabeth Johnston

Pointed View

By Peter Wintonick

What inspires Me