Crowdsourcing is an invaluable resource for filmmakers, but be prepared for an enormous amount of work.

I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about.

Crowdsourcing is an invaluable resource for filmmakers, but be prepared for an enormous amount of work.

I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film.

Even after forty years of directing, shooting and editing films, when I collaborate with a male partner, people still perceive the man as the primary filmmaker.

I was inspired by Maya Deren because she was the first woman filmmaker whose films I saw. I also loved Fellini and Goddard because they were so different from Hollywood films. But when I saw the cinema verite films that were made by Drew Associates with Leacock and Pennebaker I found my passion.

If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what they are doing and know how to do something well.