Jorge Thielen-armand

Interviews with a Photographer and a Filmmaker Jorge Thielen-armand

You will find dozens of great color images in this issue. In an interview with Director Jorge Thielen-Armand, the winner of eight international film awards, there is a focus on what it's like to make a first feature film in a troubled country like Venezuela after finishing a film program in Toronto. In the second interview, David Blevins, an award-winning photographer and forest ecologist gives advice to budding photographs on craft and art, as well as on the beauty of the natural environment in North Carolina. In the regular feature, Samantha Lauer presents several detailed film reviews with stills. Finally, Jessica Van de Kemp contributed an essay on disability as it is portrayed on the screen, with a focus on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Do the Right Thing.