For her, she said, it means that the idea must feel вЂњfundamental to the time I am living in.вЂќ ItвЂ™s a different story, however, when it comes to making a work-for-hire project.

When you are working for yourself, Boynton told the audience, itвЂ™s imperative that you believe in your idea. What makes an idea stick? It depends on the situation. You look at em, you make some phone calls, you send some emails, but they just donвЂ™t stick,вЂќ said Boynton. вЂњI have a lot of ideas, right? And they are great ideas, but so many ideas just donвЂ™t stick. вЂњBeing a gay man, I was totally freaked out and angry and I thought it was going to be this really damning thing,вЂќ said Williams.ДЄn idea only becomes a great idea when you believe in it. Through the process I actually learned so much,вЂќ said Williams, whose film вЂњGod Loves UgandaвЂќ examines the impact that the North American evangelical movement has had on discriminative attitudes towards gay men and women in Uganda. I think that is what is surprising about it. вЂњYou want to be really angry and you want to really hate them, it was a growing process for me. The story changes through the process of filmmaking. WeвЂ™ve compiled highlights from the discussion, which you can read below: Making a documentary can mess with your head in more ways than one - just ask Roger Ross Williams (вЂњ God Loves UgandaвЂќ), Rachel Boynton (вЂњBig MenвЂќ) and Liz Garbus (вЂњWhat Happened, Miss Simone?вЂќ).ДЄll three award-winning documentary filmmakers participated in a Tribeca Film Festival Master Class on вЂњcapturing realityвЂќ last week and shared quite a few anecdotes from their experiences making documentaries over the years. READ MORE:В Truth or Fiction? Tribeca Directors Grapple with Reality

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