This American Life
Ira Glass Presentation
When: 21 November at 13:30
Place: Escape Club
With: Ira Glass
Master of storytelling Ira Glass will give a presentation on documentary storytelling techniques in radio. Glass, main guest of Doc Lab 2009, is the creator of multiple award winning documentary show This American Life.
This American Life Showcase
When: 21 November at 22:30
Place: Tuschinski 4
With: Ira Glass
Ira Glass will present a showcase of multiple award winning documentary show This American Life, with audio and video samples from the TAL radioshow, television show and the live theatre show.
Year of development 1997, ongoing
Live in the cinema, Ira Glass presents the best of 12 years of his popular radio documentary series.
Ira Glass is Doc Lab's special guest this year. Twelve years ago, he started a new radio documentary program on NPR entitled This American Life. Five hundred radio stations now carry the show, and it is also available as a free download.
In each of the weekly broadcasts, Glass presents three or four stories around a given subject. These themes range widely, from "impossible loves" to "swapped at birth" to "returning to the scene of a crime." This series has become one of the most popular documentary series in the world — with audiences of 1.8 million every week — and has received many awards.
A TV version began two years ago, and a dozen feature films based on true stories from Glass and his editorial team are in production. Recently, Glass started organizing live theater performances in cinemas in which he presents ordinary people's extraordinary stories.
At IDFA, Glass will present a once-only showcase featuring the best of 12 years of This American Life. In addition to clips from the radio program, Glass will also show the audience selections from the TV series, live performances, and radio stories with added animations.
Tags : funny, video, human interest, art, personal, internet, event
