Podcast appearances and mentions of doug block

Michael and Adam link up again and chat about video vs audio podcasts, wedding retreats promising big returns, and how everyone has a course about something.The documentary that Michael references in this episode is called 112 Weddings by Doug Block.  This episode is brought to you in part by Photographers With Wide Brim Hats.Make sure your legal game is strong with the Wedding Videography School Contract. Enter the password podcast for access.You can find us on Instagram!@weddingvideographyschool@aflatis @filmsaboutlove@michaelleering

In the past, documentary cinematography has been in the shadow of narrative feature's, overlooked because of certain, perhaps unfair assumptions about the craft. Well, that is no longer the case since the American Society of Cinematographers, as of this year, has an award for Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Filmmaking. And cinematographers, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4426963/ (Fejmi Daut) and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4000308/ (Samir Ljuma), of the Academy Award nominated, https://honeyland.earth/ (Honeyland), were the recipients of that inaugural award. (Not to mention a host of other cinematography awards!) And so we have today's episode which is entirely dedicated to the craft of documentary cinematography! Topics Discussed host Chris G. Parkhurst talks about what makes a good documentary cinematographer and where we can find them what it's like working as a two person cinematography team how the shooting style changed dramatically midway into filming due to an unforeseen shift in story working without power in rural Macedonia achieving the perpetual golden hour look of Honeyland   Additional Resources  FREE DOWNLOAD OF HONEYLAND CONVERSATION PART TWO As mentioned in the show, there is much more to my conversation with cinematographers, Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma. Too much to put into a single show! To listen to the second part of that conversation head over https://thedocumentarylife.com/honeyland/ (HERE) for your free download!   Trailer for Honeyland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27ORUHlp6E   Finding the star of Honeyland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9mT91fe64   Honeyland at DOCNYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJo1dvoo67k   Sponsors & Thank YousMusic Vine 15 PERCENT OFF!Music Vine https://musicvine.com/ () Thank you to music licensing platform, https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine) for contributing the wonderful music that we've used in this week's episode. We've used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are definitely different. Their music catalogue is truly fresh, diverse, full of character, their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine). And make sure to use our promo code to get an additional 15 percent off of any subscription!! PROMO CODE: doclife15   Continuing the Discussion with The D-Word  https://d-word.com/ ()   Today's episode is only the beginning of the conversation. Now it's time to have your voice heard, #doclifer! So where can you do this?   THE D-WORDWHAT IS THE D-WORD The D-Word began in 1996 as a series of online journal entries by filmmaker https://www.d-word.com/people/dbblock (Doug Block) depicting the joy and angst of making and selling his feature documentary, https://web.archive.org/web/20010204073200/http://www.d-word.com/homepage/index.html (Home Page). In the words of Mr. Block, "it was meant to inform, inspire, humor and depress the hell out of working or aspiring documentary filmmakers, or anyone else interested in the filmmaking process, for that matter!" We had Doug on the show way back in https://thedocumentarylife.com/podcast/105-doug-block-and-the-d-word/ (EPISODE) #105, where he discussed those early days working as an independent documentary filmmaker. And how this would lead him to creating the first incarnation of The D-Word. The D-Word has long-since evolved into a virtual community and is now the largest, longest-running one of its kind, currently numbering more than 19,000 members from 147 countries.  Its focus is now on hosting free discussions on documentary film and production and leading a documentary life. Sound familiar? Get started with The D-Word today,...

It wasn't that long ago when reality television was a dirty word that incited some pretty strong feelings among the documentary filmmaking crowd. However, non fiction television has come a long way in the past few years. Of course, don't take my word for it. Take it from fellow documentary filmmaker, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1118839/ (Joe Litzinger), who is the executive producer of some of non fiction tv's most well known and respected (did I say respected?) shows.   Topics Discussed host Chris G. Parkhurst talks about how documentary filmmakers can use their abilities to advantage in other avenues of production why doc filmmakers are well suited for reality television how one procures work in the reality tv industry the advantages of shooting a documentary film over reality tv how reality television supports Joe Litzinger's documentary life   Additional ResourcesTrailer for https://www.abacusmediarights.com/programme/3110/zulu-summer (Zulu Summer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-BcYvbbl-s   Trailer for https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=400773960735280 (Will Work for Views) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx2Nt1cYA0E   Behind the Scenes for https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/life-below-zero/ (Life Below Zero) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTBmwAhCd4c&list=PLh_0X_RDOHqHuDMD3ft0cZ7gqlF6kHhsE&index=14   Continuing the Discussion with The D-Word  https://d-word.com/ ()   Today's episode is only the beginning of the conversation. Now it's time to have your voice heard, #doclifer! So where can you do this?   THE D-WORDWHAT IS THE D-WORD The D-Word began in 1996 as a series of online journal entries by filmmaker https://www.d-word.com/people/dbblock (Doug Block) depicting the joy and angst of making and selling his feature documentary, https://web.archive.org/web/20010204073200/http://www.d-word.com/homepage/index.html (Home Page). In the words of Mr. Block, "it was meant to inform, inspire, humor and depress the hell out of working or aspiring documentary filmmakers, or anyone else interested in the filmmaking process, for that matter!" We had Doug on the show way back in https://thedocumentarylife.com/podcast/105-doug-block-and-the-d-word/ (EPISODE) #105, where he discussed those early days working as an independent documentary filmmaker. And how this would lead him to creating the first incarnation of The D-Word. The D-Word has long-since evolved into a virtual community and is now the largest, longest-running one of its kind, currently numbering more than 19,000 members from 147 countries.  Its focus is now on hosting free discussions on documentary film and production and leading a documentary life. Sound familiar? Get started with The D-Word today, by completing their free https://www.d-word.com/users/apply (APPLICATION).  Sponsors & Thank Yous  ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!

Documentary filmmaking during this time of a pandemic is something that so many of us doc filmmakers are contemplating. Or doing. Or not doing. Today's episode is filled with both a discussion on the ethics of documentary production during this time as well as best practices & safety protocol for those of us who are making our docs during this time. Documentary filmmaker and TDL host, Chris G. Parkhurst, delves into this discussion with IDA's Carrie Lozano and award-winning documentary filmmaking, Heidi Ewing. Topics Discussed Chris G. Parkhurst's tips for filming during this time of Covid the whats, whys, hows of IDA's The Ethics of Documentary Production in a Pandemic how Carrie Lozano's background in both journalism and documentary filmmaker has made her uniquely positioned to discuss filming during this time why award-winning documentary filmmaker, Heidi Ewing has chosen to film during this time how documentary filmmaking inherently is made up of a number of ethical decisions Ewing's best practices & safety protocol for doc filmmakers   Additional Resources Read for yourself IDA's https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/ethics-documentary-production-pandemic (The Ethics of Documentary Production in a Pandemic)         Continuing the Discussion with The D-Word  https://d-word.com/ ()   Today's episode is only the beginning of the conversation. Now it's time to have your voice heard, #doclifer! So where can you do this?   THE D-WORDWHAT IS THE D-WORD The D-Word began in 1996 as a series of online journal entries by filmmaker https://www.d-word.com/people/dbblock (Doug Block) depicting the joy and angst of making and selling his feature documentary, https://web.archive.org/web/20010204073200/http://www.d-word.com/homepage/index.html (Home Page). In the words of Mr. Block, "it was meant to inform, inspire, humor and depress the hell out of working or aspiring documentary filmmakers, or anyone else interested in the filmmaking process, for that matter!" We had Doug on the show way back in https://thedocumentarylife.com/podcast/105-doug-block-and-the-d-word/ (EPISODE) #105, where he discussed those early days working as an independent documentary filmmaker. And how this would lead him to creating the first incarnation of The D-Word. The D-Word has long-since evolved into a virtual community and is now the largest, longest-running one of its kind, currently numbering more than 19,000 members from 147 countries.  Its focus is now on hosting free discussions on documentary film and production and leading a documentary life. Sound familiar? Get started with The D-Word today, by completing their free https://www.d-word.com/users/apply (APPLICATION).  Sponsors & Thank Yous  ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!

Most people might think that an intimate partnership of two sex educators would be filled with crazy hot sex. But, what happens when two experts who know all the answers to a fulfilling sex life start to feel under pressure? Andy talks with documentary filmmaker Doug Block about the real secret to a happy marriage.

Questions of race and who has the right to tell another person's or culture's or race's stories have recently been at the forefront of the documentary community's collective consciousness. More than that, it's been the subject of recent debate and discussion, whether in industry-led panels, major publications, or social media. Documentary filmmaker and TDL host, Chris G. Parkhurst, delves into this difficult, sometimes divisive discussion with two of documentary's own, Marjan Safinia and Grace Lee. Topics Discussed how Safinia and Lee came to collaborate on PBS' And She Could Be Next overlook at discussions of race in the documentary community over the past few months who has the right to tell a story and why how people of color in the American documentary industry can have less access and resources than their white counterparts How minorities are looking to reclaim and change the way that their stories are being told   Additional ResourcesTeaser, And She Could Be Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPgO1J-Y2DY   Continuing the Discussion with The D-Word  https://d-word.com/ ()   Today's episode is only the beginning of the conversation. Now it's time to have your voice heard, #doclifer! So where can you do this?   THE D-WORDWHAT IS THE D-WORD The D-Word began in 1996 as a series of online journal entries by filmmaker https://www.d-word.com/people/dbblock (Doug Block) depicting the joy and angst of making and selling his feature documentary, https://web.archive.org/web/20010204073200/http://www.d-word.com/homepage/index.html (Home Page). In the words of Mr. Block, "it was meant to inform, inspire, humor and depress the hell out of working or aspiring documentary filmmakers, or anyone else interested in the filmmaking process, for that matter!" We had Doug on the show way back in https://thedocumentarylife.com/podcast/105-doug-block-and-the-d-word/ (EPISODE) #105, where he discussed those early days working as an independent documentary filmmaker. And how this would lead him to creating the first incarnation of The D-Word. The D-Word has long-since evolved into a virtual community and is now the largest, longest-running one of its kind, currently numbering more than 19,000 members from 147 countries.  Its focus is now on hosting free discussions on documentary film and production and leading a documentary life. Sound familiar? Get started with The D-Word today, by completing their free https://www.d-word.com/users/apply (APPLICATION).  Sponsors & Thank Yous  ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!

Sasha Joseph Neulinger endured some of the most traumatic events a child can experience. He is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. And he has now turned those events into one of 2020's more extraordinary documentary films, Rewind. Neulinger sits down with TDL to discuss his journey making Rewind and to offer some insight into how doc filmmakers might best deal with the depiction of personal trauma in their films. In our first segment, Chris G. Parkhurst, gives us 5 Tips for Making the Personal Documentary. Topics Discussed tips for making your personal documentary film why Neulinger set out to face his own demons by making this documentary film why making the personal documentary needs to be more for yourself than others approaching family members with your personal doc the journey of financing a film like Rewind   Additional ResourcesTeaser for Rewind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx0q7ETJRAI   The D-WordHey, #Doclifers! By now, you have probably heard the news that we are partners with The D-Word! If you are not already a member of this important online documentary community and resource, allow us to introduce you to them! WHAT IS THE D-WORD The D-Word began in 1996 as a series of online journal entries by filmmaker https://www.d-word.com/people/dbblock (Doug Block) depicting the joy and angst of making and selling his feature documentary, https://web.archive.org/web/20010204073200/http://www.d-word.com/homepage/index.html (Home Page). In the words of Mr. Block, "it was meant to inform, inspire, humor and depress the hell out of working or aspiring documentary filmmakers, or anyone else interested in the filmmaking process, for that matter!" We had Doug on the show way back in https://thedocumentarylife.com/podcast/105-doug-block-and-the-d-word/ (EPISODE) #105, where he discussed those early days working as an independent documentary filmmaker. And how this would lead him to creating the first incarnation of The D-Word. The D-Word has long-since evolved into a virtual community and is now the largest, longest-running one of its kind, currently numbering more than 19,000 members from 147 countries.  Its focus is now on hosting free discussions on documentary film and production and leading a documentary life. Sound familiar? Get started with The D-Word today, by completing their free https://www.d-word.com/users/apply (APPLICATION).  Sponsors & Thank YousMusic Vine 15 PERCENT OFF!Music Vine https://musicvine.com/ () Thank you to music licensing platform, https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine) for contributing the wonderful music that we've used in this week's episode. We've used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are definitely different. Their music catalogue is truly fresh, diverse, full of character, their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine). And make sure to use our promo code to get an additional 15 percent off of any subscription!! PROMO CODE: doclife15   ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to...

Doug Block has made a living out of the personal documentary style, including films like Home Page, 51 Birch Street, and The Kids Grow Up. He is also the pioneer behind one of the largest online documentary filmmaking communities, https://www.d-word.com/ (The D-word), which has just recently had its twentieth anniversary. Topics Discussedhow the one-person crew is tailor-made for documentary the importance of being in service of story over technical filmmaking achievements how Doug Block never intended to champion the personal documentary style the D-word having its 20th anniversary came from Doug Block's first documentary how because most doc filmmakers don't make their entire living doing docs, process becomes a very important aspect   Additional Doug Block Resources Film Trailer for Doug Block's, Home Page https://vimeo.com/312993406 Film Trailer for Doug Block's, 51 Birch Street https://vimeo.com/15608076 Chris in Cambodia SeriesIn Chris in Cambodia, TDL host and doc filmmaker, http://www.chrisparkhurst.com (Chris G. Parkhurst) shares some of his stories and lessons from his most recent trip filming in Cambodia, working on he and his wife, Steph's, current documentary, http://www.elvisofcambodia.com (Elvis of Cambodia). In Part Five, Chris gets violently ill in Cambodia. But his forever trustworthy traveling and filmmaking companion, Patrick, comes to the rescue. A few years later, Chris is able to return the favor. Emergency on-the-fly car driving lessons and other zaniness ensues, as we learn the value of people that you can truly trust when filming in developing countries.   Related Videos From the Set of Elvis of Cambodia Papaya Salad and “Dirty Water”   Having Some Fun While Filming Chinese New Year in Kampot   #Doclifer StoriesWhere we share our listeners https://thedocumentarylife.com/blog/doclifer-stories-erin-mcgoff/ (#doclives and filmmaking stories). This week's http://www.thedocumentarylife.com/blog/doclifer-stories-scott-link (#Doclifer Story), comes from Scott Link, a name well-known in the https://www.facebook.com/groups/1297559863722946/ (TDL Community facebook) group. Scott has recently finished his first documentary feature, https://scottlinkblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/the-documentary-is-out/ (If My Judges Are Ready?) and shares with us some of his trials & tribulations.   Sponsors & Thank Youshttp://musicvine.com/ ()Thank you to music licensing platform, https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine) for their fresh and diverse music and for contributing the wonderful music that we've used in this week's episode. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine). Want 20% off of your first music licensing purchase?  No licensing restrictions or number of tracks! Simply http://www.musicvine.com (use promo code MYDOCLIFE at checkout!)   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!  

Documentary filmmaker Sam Green remembers his friend Bill Siegel and discusses his upcoming live documentary event, "A Thousand Thoughts"; and filmmaker Doug Block returns for his third visit to discuss his film "Home Page" which is having its 20th anniversary and is available for streaming for the first time as well as on DVD.

20 years ago, the acclaimed documentarian Doug Block released a landmark film, Home Page. Doug’s documentary accidentally chronicled the birth of blogging, featuring several people we’ve talked to on this very show, including Justin Hall. But the documentary also captured a moment in time, the web going mainstream, the beginnings of the dotcom bubble, the early days of Wired, Hotwired and Suck and also so many of the things I ask people about on here regularly. How people learned to live online, to begin to port all of modern life over to the digital. Well, Home Page is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a re-release, and starting this week, you can watch it yourself everywhere films are gettable, including iTunes. Today we speak to Doug Block about this amazing movie that I think is one of the best historical records of the era we have been interrogating for nearly 5 years on this podcast. Go watch Home Page yourself, and check out The D-word, Doug’s community for documentarians, at D-word.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most people might think that an intimate partnership of two sex educators would be filled with crazy hot sex. But, what happens when two experts who know all the answers to a fulfilling sex life start to feel under pressure? Andy talks with documentary filmmaker Doug Block about the real secret to a happy marriage.

112 WEDDINGS” BY DOUG BLOCK After filming over 20 years of couples weddings, videographer and documentary film maker Doug Block, began to wonder what happened to these couples, “Are they still together? Is married life what they thought it would be? How have they navigated the inevitable ups and downs of marriage over the long haul? Are they happy?” To answer these questions, Doug tracked down 9 couples to interview. In “112 Weddings,” Doug explores themes of love, commitment, and challenges, while giving us flashbacks of their wedding day. He asks all the couples: “After years of being married, what would be your advice be for a young couple soon to be married?” (These are Show Notes: Be sure to listen to the episode to hear stories, examples, and more tips.) TAKEAWAYS 1. You are going to experience challenges together. Every couple talked about some hardship or difficulty that they had to face together. These challenges ranged from financial stresses, parenting and decision-making conflicts, mental illness, having a child with a life threatening illness, and having a child with learning disability. “I think there’s an amazing story behind every couple’s marriage. The common denominator is that they’re going to face really tough challenges over time.” ~ Doug Block 2. You have no idea what to expect within your marriage. “Wedding is day one. It is easy to make happy. You just throw a ton of money and liquor at it. A wedding is easy to make happy and marriage it hard to make happy.” ~ Rabbi Jonathan Blake Even against our better judgement, we hope our marriage will be easy or that “happily ever after” will happen to us. Yet, a marriage is a living, breathing relationship. A marriage does not survive on it own, it takes a level of intention, attention, and investment that most of us do not know how to do proactively. Couples talked about the mistakes of putting other priorities first and taking their partner for granted. 3. When things don’t go according to plan, it is easy to feel shame. Generally, we don’t talk about our hardships with one another. Therefore, it is easy to think everyone else is doing well in their relationship, especially when you look at social media. We tend to privately play the comparison game. When our relationship is not going the way we want it to, it is easy to feel bad and alone. This is especially true, if we expected the relationship to be easy and blissful. We think some version of “Something is wrong with me, my partner, or us.” 4. Gather resources to get you through the challenging times.  As with any challenge you set-out to accomplish, you want to be as prepared as possible. If you were planning for a long, rigorous hike, you would want to wear good socks and boots, as well as prepare a pack with extra clothing layers, plenty of snacks and water, and supplies. One couple talked about marriage being like waves. “Sometimes you love your partner, and sometimes you hate them. Your marriage will go through phases.” Couples talked what helped them get through the difficult times: Working together. Being able to laugh together. Remembering why I married this person. Having gratitude; Not taking my for granted. Doug Block answers the question, “What do you hope people take away from this film?”: “When people tend to think about marriage, their thoughts end at the wedding. The wedding is such a big deal that they conflate marriage with weddings. The whole point of the film is that the wedding is just day one. You’re going to have a long life together and the only thing that you can expect is that life will throw the unexpected at you. That’s your task as a couple — facing life together and the things you can’t possibly prepare for.“   Click on this link to access the transcript for this episode: ERP 058 Beyond the wedding. What is marriage really like. If you have a topic you would like me to discuss or a situation you would like me to speak to, please contact me by clicking on the “Ask Dr. Jessica Higgins” button here. Thank you so much for your interest in learning about improving your love relationship. Also, I would so appreciate your honest rating and review. Please leave a review by clicking here. Thank you!  If you are interested in developing new skills to overcome relationship challenges, please consider taking the Empowered Relationship Course or doing relationship coaching work with me.

In this episode of the Movie Geeks United! original series The Art of the Documentary, we speak with director Doug Block (51 Birch Street, The Kids Grow Up, 112 Weddings) regarding his beautiful roster of intensely personal films.   For more information on The Art of the Documentary series, including a complete line-up of all-new and archived interviews, visit http://www.moviegeeksunited.net. 

In this episode of the Movie Geeks United! original series The Art of the Documentary, we speak with director Doug Block (51 Birch Street, The Kids Grow Up, 112 Weddings) regarding his beautiful roster of intensely personal films.   For more information on The Art of the Documentary series, including a complete line-up of all-new and archived interviews, visit http://www.moviegeeksunited.net.  Support this podcast

Doug Block has over two decades of experience filming weddings, and he's always been curious what happens in the years that follow that big day. In his new documentary, 112 Weddings, Doug revisits some of the couples that he's followed down the aisle (along with the no-longer-coupled). The movie flashes from the fantasy of the wedding day to the reality of married life in an instant (it's really something to see). In this episode, Doug shares what he's learned about marriage, as well as some of the challenges he faced in making the film. You can see 112 Weddings yourself on HBO, in June 2014.