Press Release - January 13th, 2010

Full Frame Announces 2010 Thematic Program

Durham, N.C., - January 13, 2010 - The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced that filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, directors of the 2009 film “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,” will curate a series of films about labor for the Festival’s 2010 thematic program.

 “Each year the thematic program gives us the opportunity to delve into a current issue.  In light of the present economic climate, we felt compelled to examine the human relationship to work,” stated Director of Programming, Sadie Tillery. “With the completion of their most recent film, we are enthusiastic to collaborate with Bognar and Reichert.”

Longtime friends of the festival, Bognar and Reichert’s film “A Lion in the House” received a Special Jury Award at the 2006 Festival. Reichert’s Academy Award® nominated film “Union Maids” was featured in the 2003 thematic program “Leadership Through a Gender Lens.” Reichert was also one of the guest curators of the 2007 tenth anniversary program “The Power of Ten.”

“We're honored that Full Frame, a festival we love, has asked us to curate a series of films exploring the broad theme of labor,” said Bognar and Reichert. “We are excited by the possibilities of putting together a dynamic, international, surprising collection of films, with a healthy disregard for what might traditionally be called a ‘labor documentary.’”

They continued, “After spending six months observing an amazing group of auto workers as their jobs ended, we realized how ignorant we were of the labor it takes to make the vehicles we drive: all the many skills, how they fit together. So, we are interested in films about labor itself, the actual work people do.  Even more, we are drawn to films that investigate how one's labor affects one's whole life.  We will also bring to Full Frame some of the fiction and nonfiction films that depict the struggles of the labor movement, which is a very underrepresented part of American life.”

Specific titles will be announced in March.  Support for the thematic series is provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The 2010 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 8-11, in Durham, N.C., with Duke University as the presenting sponsor. Festival passes can be purchased online at www.fullframefest.org.

Contact Information:
Peggy Albertson, Jennings, 919-929-0225, palbertson@jenningsco.com
Full Frame, 919 687-4100, info@fullframefest.org

About Full Frame
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, N.C., for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a single city block, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the general public.

The festival is produced by Doc Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and receives support from corporate sponsors, private foundations and individual donors whose generosity provides the foundation that makes the event possible. To learn more on the mission of Full Frame or for information on membership or sponsorship opportunities, scheduled films or festival passes visit www.fullframefest.org.