Canadian documentary filmmaker Pepita Ferrari died Dec. 30 at her home in Lac Brome, Quebec, the National Film Board of Canada announced. She was 66. No cause of death was given.
Ferrari, past executive director and board member with the Documentary Organization of Canada, co-founded Films Piché Ferrari in 1989 with her long-time partner Louis Piché, who survives her.
Her first documentary at the Nfb was 1994’s By Woman’s Hand, a film about the Beaver Hall Group of Canadian women painters. In 1997 she directed The Petticoat Expeditions, the Nfb’s three-part documentary series on 19th century female travelers.
Other documentary credits include 2007’s Capturing Reality: The Art of the Documentary and the 2001 TV documentary series Dogs With Jobs. Her final project for the Nfb was 2011’s Source, a portrait of dancer-choreographer Margie Gillis.
“Documentary filmmaking and the Quebec film community have lost a dear friend,” said Nfb Commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur in a statement last week.
Ferrari, past executive director and board member with the Documentary Organization of Canada, co-founded Films Piché Ferrari in 1989 with her long-time partner Louis Piché, who survives her.
Her first documentary at the Nfb was 1994’s By Woman’s Hand, a film about the Beaver Hall Group of Canadian women painters. In 1997 she directed The Petticoat Expeditions, the Nfb’s three-part documentary series on 19th century female travelers.
Other documentary credits include 2007’s Capturing Reality: The Art of the Documentary and the 2001 TV documentary series Dogs With Jobs. Her final project for the Nfb was 2011’s Source, a portrait of dancer-choreographer Margie Gillis.
“Documentary filmmaking and the Quebec film community have lost a dear friend,” said Nfb Commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur in a statement last week.
- 1/14/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran National Film Board of Canada documentary maker Pepita Ferrari died Dec. 30 at her home in Lac Brome, Quebec. She was 66.
No cause of death for Ferrari, who was born in 1952, was available. "Documentary filmmaking and the Quebec film community have lost a dear friend. As a writer, producer and filmmaker — and a generous mentor to emerging filmmakers — Pepita was a true champion of documentary cinema," Nfb commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur said Thursday in a statement.
Cinema Politica, a indie documentary screening network, in a statement on its website said Ferrari, who was a ...
No cause of death for Ferrari, who was born in 1952, was available. "Documentary filmmaking and the Quebec film community have lost a dear friend. As a writer, producer and filmmaker — and a generous mentor to emerging filmmakers — Pepita was a true champion of documentary cinema," Nfb commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur said Thursday in a statement.
Cinema Politica, a indie documentary screening network, in a statement on its website said Ferrari, who was a ...
- 1/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran National Film Board of Canada documentary maker Pepita Ferrari died Dec. 30 at her home in Lac Brome, Quebec. She was 66.
No cause of death for Ferrari, who was born in 1952, was available. "Documentary filmmaking and the Quebec film community have lost a dear friend. As a writer, producer and filmmaker — and a generous mentor to emerging filmmakers — Pepita was a true champion of documentary cinema," Nfb commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur said Thursday in a statement.
Cinema Politica, a indie documentary screening network, in a statement on its website said Ferrari, who was a ...
No cause of death for Ferrari, who was born in 1952, was available. "Documentary filmmaking and the Quebec film community have lost a dear friend. As a writer, producer and filmmaker — and a generous mentor to emerging filmmakers — Pepita was a true champion of documentary cinema," Nfb commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur said Thursday in a statement.
Cinema Politica, a indie documentary screening network, in a statement on its website said Ferrari, who was a ...
- 1/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Capturing Reality: The Art Of Documentary Review Pt.1 The problem with those comments is that none of them really addresses the fact that documentaries are not really concerned with truth, but with reality vs. fiction. Many people confuse truth with reality, and given this film’s title it would have behooved Ferrari to explore the very difference between reality and truth that so many of the interviewees declaim. The two words are not synonyms. Truth requires an act of volition whereas reality does not. If I am wearing a blue shirt, that is reality. If you say to me, "Dan, you are wearing a blue shirt," that is a truth. Reality doesn’t care if it is noticed or not, but a truth always requires an act of notice. Paradoxically, reality is sometimes best captured via "falsehoods," such as those Herzog and Morris employ. What separates a propagandist like Michael Moore...
- 11/11/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
Capturing Reality: The Art Of Documentary (2008) Director: Pepita Ferrari Cast: Kevin Macdonald, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Jennifer Baichwal, Eduardo Coutinho, Joan Churchill, Nick Broomfield, Patricio Guzmán, Werner Herzog, Jessica Yu, Scott Hicks, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Hubert Sauper, Peter Wintonick Pepita Ferrari's Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Pepita Ferrari’s 2008 documentary on the insights of the documentarian’s craft, Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary, is a solid effort. However, despite its nature, Capturing Reality never does what it celebrates in the works of others: it fails to innovate and explore every way that true stories can be told. In fact, Ferrari's 97-minute film consists of the talking heads of about 40 documentary filmmakers, interspersed with 150 or so scenes from their films. Aside from the pedestrianism of the enterprise, the reality is that very few of the clips shown in Capturing Reality actually articulate the points made by the featured filmmakers,...
- 11/11/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
The 70th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada is being celebrated @ downtown Toronto's Nfb Mediatheque with a free screening of Pepita Ferrari.s Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentry, Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday June 10. Ferrari will be in attendance, joined by filmmakers Jennifer "Act Of God" Baichwal, Velcrow "Fierce Light" Ripper, Manfred "Fatherland" Becker and producer Michelle van Beusekom for a post-screening discussion. "...This feature film investigates the genre of documentaries through encounters with some of its most influential practitioners. Over 30 luminaries Â. including Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Alanis Obomsawin, Michel Brault, Nick Broomfield, Kim Longinotto and that great iconoclast Werner Herzog Â. offer insight into their craft while reflecting on the nature of representation and the perennially contested status of the 'truth'. More than 50 clips from landmark films enliven the discussion, offering a panoramic overview of contemporary documentary cinema..." The Nfb is also offering Free on-demand digital viewing,...
- 6/2/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
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