Rosvita Dransfeld: The Master of Cinéma vérité
Storylines - A podcast by Executive Producers: Elise Graham, Ava Karvonen, Samantha Quantz, Theresa Wynnyk; Senior Producer: Sheena Rossiter; Associate Producer: Shayna Giles; Host: Sheena Rossiter; Audio Technician: Sheena Rossiter; Social Media Coordinat
She's known as the master of observational documentary in Canada. Rosvita Dransfeld has been making feature-length documentaries in her adopted home of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada after immigrating from her native Germany two decades ago. Her films look at the human condition in its many forms, and she was even recently nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the PBS documentary "Vital Bonds", a documentary which explores the world of organ donation. Storylines host Sheena Rossiter sits down with Rosvita Dransfeld to hear about the process behind making her documentaries, and gets some tips for aspiring documentary filmmakers for starting out in the industry.
