FLASHBACK:talkingpoliticalaccessdocsatTheDirectors’Festival2017

Where do you start when it comes to gaining access to the Oval Office? Or the Kremlin?

At The Directors Festival 2017, this session — chaired by Maiden director Alex Holmes — looked at the work of Paul Mitchell and Norma Percy, the filmmaking team behind Inside Obama’s White House. Our members heard about navigating the corridors of power and documenting small events with huge ramifications — all of which requires requires an unprecedented level of trust and compliance. How do you work within these strictures to get the footage that tells a story?

Watch a full video of our 2017 session here.