Please welcome guest contributor Brady Dial, an Austin-based film producer whose last film was the documentary Man on a Mission.
After seeing The Other Shore you'll either be inspired to pursue your most impossible dreams -- or to drop them in favor of fully appreciating your present. Either way, a win. There are many surprises in this documentary about Diana Nyad's attempt to swim the gulf between Cuba and Florida, not the least of which is this: it's not about swimming.
To be sure, the film includes plenty of training scenes, discussions of the perils of the trip and a history of Nyad's swimming career. But that's all merely icing on the dense layer cake that is Nyad herself. Her relentless pursuit of the Cuba-Florida swim is at once an inspiring story of dogged determination while also revealing the tragic costs of single-minded obsession.
At 60, after a 30-year hiatus from long-distance swimming,...
After seeing The Other Shore you'll either be inspired to pursue your most impossible dreams -- or to drop them in favor of fully appreciating your present. Either way, a win. There are many surprises in this documentary about Diana Nyad's attempt to swim the gulf between Cuba and Florida, not the least of which is this: it's not about swimming.
To be sure, the film includes plenty of training scenes, discussions of the perils of the trip and a history of Nyad's swimming career. But that's all merely icing on the dense layer cake that is Nyad herself. Her relentless pursuit of the Cuba-Florida swim is at once an inspiring story of dogged determination while also revealing the tragic costs of single-minded obsession.
At 60, after a 30-year hiatus from long-distance swimming,...
- 3/16/2013
- by Contributors
- Slackerwood
Many members of the local film community converged during SXSW at the Austin Film Society (Afs) ShortCase screening on Saturday, March 10. Seen above are several of the Afs filmmakers in attendance including (clockwise from lower left): Chithra Jeyaram (Mijo), Nicholas Cormier III (Smile), James and Ryan Barlow (Huntered), Bob Ray (Sacked), Allison R. Smith and Justin Corsbie (Hot Dogs & Hand Grenades), Stephen Gamache (Mustachio), Joshua Flanagan (Mustachio), Will Shipley (Mentiroso), Brady Dial (Apogee of Fear proxy for Richard Garriott de Cayeux).
As one of the curators for the SXSW Community Screenings: Afs ShortCase program I was pleased to hear the audience reactions to all the selections. Afterwards, the filmmakers offered their advice during the Q&A session, ranging from the advantages and disadvantages of filming in a remote location to the challenges of animation.
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As one of the curators for the SXSW Community Screenings: Afs ShortCase program I was pleased to hear the audience reactions to all the selections. Afterwards, the filmmakers offered their advice during the Q&A session, ranging from the advantages and disadvantages of filming in a remote location to the challenges of animation.
Check out more photos from this special screening:
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- 3/26/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Local serial entrepreneur and Austin game development industry pioneer Richard Garriott launched an incredible adventure into space in 2008. The feature documentary Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission followed him through his training and flight with the Russian space program. I spoke to director Mike Woolf about the film as well as Garriott himself recently. Hear what he has to say about why Woolf and producer Brady Dial took on this project, the challenges of training and the benefits of private space travel in our latest podcast. You can also read my review of Man on a Mission, which premiered at this year's SXSW Film Festival.
Listen to Slackerwood's interview with Richard Garriott now.
Listen to Slackerwood's interview with Richard Garriott now.
- 3/22/2010
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Although he hails from Baltimore, documentary filmmaker Mike Woolf is now firmly planted in Austin and no stranger to SXSW. In 2000, he started Beef and Pie Productions with renowned photographer/Dp Andrew Yates and producer Karen Yates. Four of their short docs including Growin’ A Beard, The 72oz Steak, Tuesday Nighter and Life is Marbleous have premiered at SXSW. I caught Growin' A Beard at SXSW in 2003, and was amazed to see how the filmmakers made an engaging documentary based on an annual beard-growing contest in Shamrock, Texas.
The Beef and Pie Productions team has now taken on their first full-length documentary, Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission, featuring a certain local entrepreneur and the first second-generation astronaut. I had the chance to sit down with Mike Woolf at the Draught House -- hence all the beer references -- to discuss his latest project. Here's what he had to say:...
The Beef and Pie Productions team has now taken on their first full-length documentary, Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission, featuring a certain local entrepreneur and the first second-generation astronaut. I had the chance to sit down with Mike Woolf at the Draught House -- hence all the beer references -- to discuss his latest project. Here's what he had to say:...
- 3/11/2010
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
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