Women & Hollywood: “Collaboration Taught Me Different Ways of Making Films and Seeing the World” by Lynne Sachs
As women in the director’s chair or anywhere else on a set, we should celebrate the bonds we build together behind the camera.
2020
ARTICLES
2020
In Celebration of the Darkness: What Can Happen When the Lights Are Out
I would make a few films that allowed me to “open the door” on a person, group of people or place that I knew little about in order to develop a deeper understanding through my filmmaking. Then, I would turn the camera back on myself and my immediate surroundings to produce more personal, introspective films.
2020
Grasshopper Film – Single Take: Lynne Sachs on Jean-Luc Godard
As much I call myself a cinéphile, there are certain times in my filmmaking process — be it the production or post-production phase — when I try not to watch anything that is not going to help me strategize on how to solve a particular obstacle in front of me.
2019
World Records Journal presents “English is Spoken Here/ English is Broken Here”
Let us begin with the statement “English is spoken here.” I’ve been thinking about what the implications of this pronouncement might be in terms of an anchoring of a singular language and the drowning of others.
2019
“Damn Prescient: Ruminations on the Work of Bruce Baillie”
My first viewing of Bruce Baillie’s Mass for the Dakota Sioux (1964) sent a shiver through my body and mind that ricochets to this very day.
2019
Thoughts on Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas died yesterday, but with this close to a full, feisty and mostly extraordinarily fun life, he leaves us all with so much. From an early age, Jonas came to understand that living the life of an artist to the very fullest meant that you were expected to create something that would last beyond your last breath. Before anyone was really using the word “community”, Jonas was building a formidable infrastructure that would be the very foundation for the survival of the personal cinema he loved so dearly.
2018
BBC Talking Movies talks to Barbara Hammer & Lynne Sachs about Maya Deren
BBC Talking Pictures host Tom Brooks interviews Barbara Hammer and Lynne Sachs on the work of Maya Deren.
2018
Film Wax Interview with Lynne and Cast of Tip of My Tongue
In this Filmwax podcast discussion, we re-unite 4 of the 12 people from that unforgettable weekend a few summers back during the shooting for “Tip of My Tongue”, including myself, Accra Shepp, Andrea Kannapell and Lynne.
2018
Tran Trang’s Blindness Series: My Letter to Helene Cixous
Dear Helene, …I begin by conveying to you the shock of what I have witnessed. These words are a translation of the visual experiences I had last night an early this morning. My words will be absolute, nothing left to interpretation. From my lash to your lobe.
2018
Cinema of Resistance Collection of Films
Hello fellow documentartians, We are gathering CINEMA OF RESISTANCE videos from all over the US/ World beginning with the historical Jan. 21, 2017 Women’s March.
