29 March 2007 – The …
29 March 2007 – The Dilemmas of Documentary Film Making
The ORDINARY lecture on 29 March is postponed to April 12. However, on March 29 all students are invited to a meeting at Fritt Ord /The Free Speech Foundation, Uranienborgveien 2 (5.00–6.30 p.m.):
Petr Lom, philosopher and documentary filmmaker, USA, will give a lecture.
Petr Lom has directed the documentary "On a Tightrope", which is about to be screened at Norwegian cinemas. The film, produced by a Norwegian film company, is about four orphans in the "closed" Xinjiang Province of China. The children are being taught line dancing, an art form with long traditions among the Uigurs, a Muslim minority. This is the first Norwegian documentary film selected to compete in the Sundance Film Festival.
Lom will talk about the dilemmas that arise when making a film in an area where no one is allowed to talk to foreigners about politics or religion. How is it possible to find good approaches without endangering the lives of participants?
The lecture will be delivered in English