Flimmaker Magazine
Filmmaker Magazine selected two Seattle films to be among its Top 25 Indie Films of the Decade. Coming in at 17 is the Iraq war documentary Iraq in Fragments by Seattle native James Longley. And at 24 is Zoo a shot in Seattle drama directed by Robinson Devor and written by Charles Mudede. To see the full list, follow the above link.
Seattle Times
A few days ago, two Seattleites — James Longley, a documentary filmmaker, and Heather McHugh, a poet — received the kind of phone call that changes a life. They each had just been awarded $500,000. No strings attached; do whatever you want with the money. It’s time for the annual “genius grants” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Seattle did pretty well, with two of the 24 awards this year. Longley, 37, has gone to the world’s hot spots to make his films. He was nominated for a 2007 Oscar for his documentary Iraq in Fragments, which offers intimate portraits of Iraq after the American invasion through the eyes of locals. In 2008, he again was nominated for an Oscar for a short documentary about an Iraqi woman and her 10-year-old son who was dying of AIDS.
