VPRO
Category:
documentary
Partner:
VPRO, Hivos
Type:
Documentary, Television/Online
A Revolutionary Experiment in Streaming Content
As the original US Correspondents for VPRO and Hivos’ pioneering TV/online show Metropolis, we directed, produced, shot and edited over 35 short documentaries covering a wide range of subjects including Vietnam War reenactors, volunteer border patrol squads, and pandrogynous rock stars.
Metropolis was streaming TV before streaming TV: each weekly episode brought together clips from documentaries from around the world, commissioned from local correspondents, and organized around a common theme. In addition, VPRO also made each of the correspondents’ uncut films available online, building an impressive international audience.
Concept
Humanize people living on the fringes of US culture through a series of 5-to-10-minute-long documentary shorts aimed at a young, global audience.
Roles
Directors; producers; editors; researchers
Results
Metropolis was nominated for a Prix Europa, and several of our films went on to screen online at sites like Dangerous Minds and Boing Boing, and at festivals like IDFA and The Los Angeles Film Festival.
