Hot Topic: Noon-hour Seminar
Why Can’t Hollywood Get It Right?

Sunday, November 08, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Free
Max Bell Auditorium

Documentary and fantasy fiction films are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Storytellers working in fiction are free to invent characters and scenarios, those working in nonfiction are not. But the tricky part comes somewhere in between.

Mountaineers could be grouped together with lawyers, doctors, and football players in terms of non-realistic portrayals in the movies and on television. We'll explore some attempts - successful and not - to dramatize the mountain experience. Panel members will share their experiences from in front of and behind the camera, and as viewers.

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