Scriptwriting for Documentary
DATES: Tuesdays, April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26; TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Through this workshop, participants turn their non-fiction project ideas into workable shooting scripts. The course will cover research, developing and visualizing ideas, scripting and storytelling techniques. At least one week prior to the start of the workshop, prospective participants must submit a one-page description of their non-fiction film idea for the instructor to review.
Noland Walker is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker who wrote and co-produced the acclaimed documentary, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. He co-produced and co-directed Citizen King, about the last years of Martin Luther King's life for PBS's American Experience series. Walker has written and/or directed several documentary films that have aired nationally on PBS, including an episode of the groundbreaking 1998 series, Africans in America. He recently produced Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story which aired on Frontline in November 2008.