Documentary Masterclass on Women in Sport
28 September 2022
Documentary Masterclass on Women in Sport
28 September 2022
Learn how to develop, direct and produce your own social action documentary.
Those attending have the opportunity to produce a one-minute documentary on a phone, on the subject of promoting women in sport. Megan Harrington will review those submitted and offer her comments and feedback on the evening of the masterclass.
with Megan Harrington
Montana film director and producer
Using her film THE HOUSE THAT ROB BUILT which won a Northwest Regional Emmy in Seattle in June 2022
Megan Harrington is an Emmy, Gabriel, and Christopher Award-winning filmmaker and Senior Producer at Family Theater Productions. Her passion is telling inspiring true stories that showcase the true, good, and beautiful. Her other Producer-Writer credits include PRAY: THE STORY OF PATRICK PEYTON and THE DATING PROJECT. She grew up in Missoula, Montana and is a former Lady Griz, namely someone who played basketball under coach Rob Selvig, the subject of this documentary.
THE HOUSE THAT ROB BUILT tells the inspiring story of Rob Selvig, pioneering coach of the University of Montana’s Lady Griz basketball team. In an era when gender discrimination in sports was the norm, Coach Selvig built a “house” of inclusion and empowerment by recruiting female athletes from the ranches, farms and Native reservations of Montana. Flanked and empowered by his female assistant coaches, drawn from the ranks of his former players, Selvig created a home — a family — leading generations of athletes to national championships. For nearly 40 years, these athletes would establish the preeminent women’s basketball programme west of the Rockies.
Those attending will
- Watch THE HOUSE THAT ROB BUILT in advance. Megan will provide a series of questions to consider as they view the film.
- On the evening of the masterclass, break into teamwork groups for 40 minutes to consider Megan’s questions among themselves. Megan (online) will spend time with each group.
- Then all join Megan to discuss how they might go about developing and producing their own social action documentary.
- In addition, those attending have the opportunity to produce a one-minute documentary on a phone, on the subject of promoting women in sport, and submit it to info@cleraunmedia.com by noon on 21 September 2022. Megan Harrington will review those submitted and offer her comments and feedback on the evening of the masterclass.
The masterclass will be chaired by Dr Díóg O’Connell who lectures in Screenwriting and Film Studies at IADT, Dublin.
Megan Harrington
Montana film director and producer
28 September 2022
Wednesday, 19:00 to 21:30
Location
6 Clare Street, Dublin D02 EF82
Participants
Attendance limited to 30 participants
Further information
Cleraun Documentary Masterclasses
With the ongoing support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), the Cleraun Media Conferences developed from a small event in 1986 into a national conference focussing on professional integrity and ethics. Following the last conference, it was decided to organise masterclasses every few months for smaller numbers of young documentary filmmakers and journalists. The aim is to allow those taking part to develop a network of contacts who could help one another when facing challenges in the context of professional integrity and ethics. This is made possible by the generous support of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and the BAI.
