LOCATION: Cinematheque

* New addition, not listed in program book

In ten years of feature documentary and fiction filmmaking, Mark Ellam has brought a unique cinematic vision to reality. He has helped create award-winning films including The Take by Avi Lewis, Empz 4 Life by Allan King, and RiP: a remix manifesto by Brett Gaylor.

For Big Sugar, Ellam travelled alone and undercover to the Dominican Republic, capturing footage of Haitian plantation workers suffering under conditions of slavery.

This cinematography master class with Mark Ellam will explore the close director / cinematographer relationship at play in documentary, and will provide insight into the different techniques and processes he uses.