Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield On ‘Social Studies,’ Receiving Career Tribute, And Arrest Of Ex-Philippines Pres. Rodrigo Duterte – Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival
deadline.comAward-winning filmmaker Lauren Greenfield is pulling something like quadruple duty at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece.
Not only is she serving on the International Competition jury – alongside Greek filmmaker Dimitris Athiridis and four-time Oscar-nominated producer Signe Byrge Sørensen – but she’s being honored by the festival with a retrospective of her work.
On Thursday, she gave a master class at TiDF, “Social Studies: The Artist’s Journey” — the title referencing her most recent documentary, the widely praised docuseries Social Studies about the impact of social media on American kids.
Greenfield says of the career tribute, “It’s really exciting. It’s a huge honor… I’m really thrilled to get to be here.” We sat down for coffee at one of the festival’s port side venues shortly after Greenfield wrapped a conversation with Greek high school students who had just watched a screening of episode 5 of Social Studies.
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