Here's how pepper spray, rubber bullets, and water cannons threatened cinematic filmmaking on the frontlines. To make Akicita: the Battle of Standing Rock, filmmaker Cody Lucich spent eight months embedded with protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline, creating a visually stunning portrait of civil disobedience in the face a militarized police force. Here's a glimpse of some of the footage captured by Lucich at Standing Rock that would eventually be incorporated into the feature doc. A first-time feature filmmaker with commercial credits, Lucich was constantly concerned that at any moment, footage he shot during Standing Rock would be confiscated. Not only would that lose him irreplaceable moments of the story, but worse, it risked exposing identities of the Native activists to the authorities. So, after filming, he immediately buried his harddrives! After burying his footage in the field, post-production found Lucich buried in footage. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 19 March, 2018