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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter, the founder of Trilogy Films, shared her creative processes in a MIPDoc keynote before discussing the challenges and opportunities in the market with World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Anna Carugati.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all quite aware of the difficulties of commissioning and the challenges in our market, but I do want to stress that there is still quite a good path for quality filmmaking,\u201d Porter said in her keynote address in Cannes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe films that we make and the products that we produce are really popular,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason why nonfiction is resonating with audiences. Our films do a longer look, a deeper dive. They\u2019re creative, interesting and innovative. I\u2019m also finding that commissioners are giving us a little bit more\u00a0 development money in order to bring these stories to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discussing The Lady Bird Diaries<\/em>, streaming on Hulu, Porter noted that the series was commissioned by ABC News Studios, \u201cwhich is a really important supplier these days. And I find that with a number of the news studios in America. This is an all archival series. There\u2019s no presenter, but there are also no talking heads. We were able to piece it together using all archive from ABC, but also through other sources around the world. It\u2019s the story Lady Bird Johnson gets to tell through her own diaries. She recorded 123 hours of diaries while she was in the White House. And then I married those diaries with archive. And we made the point that you can tell history from this perspective. This was in the top ten of Hulu across America when it debuted, which underscores that there is certainly an appetite for this history, but also this history from a different vantage point. This came after I had done films about John Lewis, the civil rights activist, and Bobby Kennedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter also works on projects about contemporary matters, including Deadlocked<\/em> on Showtime, which explores the evolution of the U.S. Supreme Court. \u201cThe challenge in doing this was that the news out of the court was coming faster than we could capture it. At some point, we had to stop and not chase the news of the day. But that\u2019s also what our films do; they give history and context.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter also showed MIPDoc delegates a trailer from The Sing Sing Chronicles<\/em>, commissioned by MNSBC Studios, about individuals who were wrongfully convicted.<\/p>\n

Porter\u2019s background is in the law, having practiced for five years in Washington, D.C. before switching gears and moving to television, first as a fact-checker and then as a filmmaker, landing a commission from HBO for Gideon\u2019s Army<\/em> in 2013. Since then, the commissioning landscape for documentaries has shifted dramatically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s important for all of us to be honest about what\u2019s happening,\u201d Porter said in her keynote conversation with World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Carugati. \u201cI\u2019m looking at how we make films, how the budget constraints are changing and trying to go back and have honest conversations with all of the partners about how we\u2019re going to do this together. They need us to stay working! It is important to recognize but not be devastated by the changes that are happening in our market. We are also reaching out to do some private funding. I have a brand-new project about Winnie and Nelson Mandela and the first money in there, which is substantial, is from a private foundation. Having that money allows us to shape the story and really dig into how it\u2019s going to be differentiated. But it\u2019s an epic story, so we would definitely need a broadcaster to come aboard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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