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Reporter
by Eric Daniel Metzgar
Monday, December 13, 7:30pm
Anthology Film Archives
Price: $9, $6 for anthology members

For the December installment of the Flaherty NYC monthly screening series, The Flaherty will present Reporter by Eric Daniel Metzgar.There will be a post-screening discussion with the filmmaker, moderated by Dan Nuxoll, Rooftop Films, Program Director. Flaherty NYC is programmed by Penny Lane, an independent filmmaker, video artist, educator and writer.

Reporter (2009, 92 mins)
A unforgettable portrait of New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who almost single-handedly sounded the alarm call for the world about genocide in Darfur. Reporter follows Kristof on a harrowing trip to Congo, where a decade of instability and warfare has left 5.4 million innocent people dead of starvation, disease, and violence. Reporter introduces us to some of those people, and some of the warlords responsible. Marked by Metzgar’s stunning cinematography and thoughtful first person narration, Reporter elevates our understanding of what it makes to look at human suffering while pondering the future of journalism, the psychology of compassion, and the ethical responsibilities of the documentarian.

"Eric Daniel Metzgar confirms his status as the most unique and talented young documentarian in America with his latest and best film. The result is as beautiful and unsettling as it is philosophically rigorous."
–The Boston Phoenix

Eric Daniel Metzgar is a Brooklyn, New York-based filmmaker. Reporter is Metzgar’s third feature documentary, all three of which he directed, shot, edited and narrated. His first film, The Chances of the World Changing, was broadcast on PBS and nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award. Metzgar’s second documentary, Life. Support. Music. was also broadcast on PBS. Metzgar’s short film, Beholder, created for the 2008 International Documentary Challenge, won the “Best Original Vision Award,” “Best Writing” and “Best Use of First Person Genre.” Reporter premiered at Sundance in 2009 and has since aired on HBO. Metzgar is also an award-winning cinematographer and has shot for several Oscar-nominated directors. He is currently developing new fiction and non-fiction material.

TICKET INFORMATION:
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General admission tickets to the Flaherty NYC series at the Anthology Film Archives are $9, and $6 for Anthology members. Tickets can be purchased at the Anthology box office the day of the show.

Anthology Film Archives is located in the old Second Avenue Courthouse building in the East Village at 32 Second Ave. at the corner of 2nd Street. For subway take F, V to Second Ave., B, D, F, V to Broadway-Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker.

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