True/False Workshops & Panels

The Same But Different: What happens when two filmmakers make equally brilliant films about almost identical subjects
Saturday, Feb. 27 / 10:30AM / Columbia Art League

Are all the good ideas for films taken? Maybe, but that's not important. That's because every filmmaker can bring a unique, distinctive approach to their material. Meet two directors who set out independently from each other to document two different Mexican traveling circus families, and who both succeeded wildly. Ingrid Kopp of Shooting People convenes a meeting of the minds between NĂºria Ibáñez (The Tightrope) and Aaron Schock (Circo).