Demystify “the real” and come make a movie. We’ll give an overview of the medium, its basic parts and styles - with many examples! Plus a conversation about ethics and a look at a secret “Holy Grail” of documentary filmmaking.

This workshop is part of a series of skill shares for our group-led documentary, Halsted St. We will be conducting interviews up and down the street, going from Northalsted all the way down to Cave in Rock, a small town in southern Illinois. Poetry, historical re-enactment, and many other things will also feature in the doc. No problem if you can’t make them all, we’ll take whatever time you’ll give!

Screening: Halsted Street USA (David Simpson, 1995, 56 min)