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Jeff Durkin, a 1999 College of Environmental Design graduate, fell in love with filmmaking more than a decade ago. Now he’s hoping to get to the Thailand border to explore the connections between “street art, Buddhism and democracy” in Burma.
Tag: documentary
Forum on breaking the cycle of violence to draw experts, producer of “The Interrupters” documentary film
August 22, 2011:
New ways to prevent or reduce community violence will be the topic of a Tuesday, Sept. 6 public forum with University of California, Berkeley, experts in education, public health and social welfare joining local leaders and the producer of a critically acclaimed documentary about breaking the cycle of violence.
Aldo Leopold documentary premieres at Berkeley
February 24, 2011:
The life and contributions of wildlife ecology pioneer Aldo Leopold are showcased in a new documentary, “Green Fire,” which gets its West Coast premiere Monday at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive theater in a screening co-sponsored by the campus’s Sagehen Creek Field Station.
Fab Four headline at North Gate
November 10, 2010:
“Mad Day Out,” an exhibit of 25 never-before-exhibited photographs of the Beatles taken at random London locations one day in July 1968
43 years after ‘Titicut Follies,’ it’s Berkeley, the movie
September 14, 2010:
With dozens of documentaries under his belt, Frederick Wiseman has found that “when you turn the camera off, the interesting thing will happen.” That, in part, is why he plans to shoot some 250 hours of film for his exploration of life at Berkeley.
Exposé on Mexican justice system produced by two Berkeley grad students to air July 27
July 26, 2010:
On Tuesday, July 27, the PBS POV documentary series will air “Presumed Guilty”, a riveting examination of the Mexican judicial system created by UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy doctoral candidates Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete.
Two lawyers with cameras help rehabilitate Mexican ‘justice’
December 1, 2008:
While studying for their PhDs in public policy, lawyers Layda Negrete and Roberto Hernández made a film about one man’s encounter with Mexico’s deeply flawed criminal-justice system. Their new doc, “Presumed Guilty,” debuted recently at the 21st International Documentary Film Festival, in Amsterdam, where audiences rated it among their 10 favorite entries.
“Presumed Guilty”: The story of one man — and a deeply flawed system
December 1, 2008:
In this scene from their documentary “Presumed Guilty,” Toño displays his breakdance skills and Hernández coaches Toño over the telephone on how best to defend himself in court proceedings.
