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RUNTIME
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Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Shoot from the Heart
2021 0h 26m EN
Documentary
Synopsis
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Filmmaker Joan Churchill, who is being honored this year with DOC NYC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, collaborates with Alan Barker on this personal portrait of legendary filmmakers Haskell Wexler, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Over a rollicking evening, they discuss filmmaking and what it means to be an artist, interwoven with reflections on Wexler’s work as an activist.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Joan Churchill
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The take
Joan Churchill directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 5 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 26 min · 0h 26m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Joan Churchill
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2021-11-12
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