I have been so caught up with work that I have completely failed to go to any of the screenings at the MoMA Documentary Fortnight. This weekend you can see some of the films that Joan Churchill has been involved with. Churchill is probably best known for her work with Nick Broomfield but she has an impressive body of work behind her as a cinematographer for other noteworthy directors, from Peter Watkins’ extraordinary Punishment Park to Gimme Shelter and the Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing. MoMA is screening Punishment Park along with films Churchill collaborated with Broomfield on: Juvenile Liaison, Soldier Girls and Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer.

Unfortunately I’m going miss them all because (fortunately) I’ll be at True/False this weekend. Whoo  hoo! (I can’t believe WaMu co-opted that expression by the way. Bastards!)

Punishment Park, Dir Peter Watkins, 1971