Join us on March 25th for another installment of our virtual masterclass series. Veteran documentary filmmakers Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar present a 2 hour workshop on producing documentaries, using their Oscar-nominated film THE LAST TRUCK and their Oscar-winning film AMERICAN FACTORY as foundations for discussion. Links to watch both films will be provided by email after you register. Advance viewing is strongly encouraged.
“Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s Master Class at the Big Sky DocShop was truly a highlight of our multi-day event. Their 90-minute informative presentation was heartfelt and engaging, and greatly appealed to a packed house of participants from university students making their first short doc, to experienced feature-length filmmakers, as well as a general festival audience. All were eager to hear from such highly respected artists about their craft. They shared meaningful and useful wisdom, and many wonderfully illustrative anecdotes from their long and successful career. We can’t wait for another opportunity to bring them back to our Festival.”
— Joanne Feinberg, Programming Director - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
“Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar’s lively master class addresses aesthetic, ethical, and practical production strategies in creating socially engaged documentaries and is essential for any filmmaker.”
— Dean Otto, Curator of Film - Speed Art Museum
“Julia and Steve’s workshop for VCFA was fabulously informative. They generously shared all their filmmaking trade secrets with our students, while also demonstrating the deep concern for humanity that motivates them, which was so inspiring to witness. By the end, the students were so enamored, I was concerned there’d be a mass exodus to Ohio!”
— Nina Davenport, Faculty Chair, MFA in Film - Vermont College of Fine Arts
