I am a huge fan of the the New York Times' OP-Docs features. Not only do they hire great filmmakers, they find and produce terrific stories. I recently had the time to comb through my Pocket feed and I watched an OP-Doc that I saved a while ago titled "Sarah's Uncertain Path". I loved the story and the cinematography blew me away. I decided to Google Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos, the filmmakers, and came across their new Documentary "Rich Hill". Again, the story was relevant, unique, and intriguing and cinematography was beautiful (I would say the keys to a great documentary) and I was excited to see that the film will be showing next month at the Salem Film Fest. So I got B and I tickets and I can't wait to see the entire film and hear what the filmmakers have to say (they will be in attendance).

Here are some film still from "Rich Hill":

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All this just gets my mind churning and yearning (like the rhyme?) to produce a documentary. I am constantly thinking about what topic might be interesting to follow and shine light onto for the greater public. I have a few ideas up my sleeves, it's just a matter of time, money, and most importantly, agreement from the subjects. It will happen.

A few of my favorite OP-Docs: "Subway Ballet" "Sex Offender Village" and "Shoot One, Please"

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