Visiting Professor of English Scott MacDonald presented documentary filmmaker William Greaves with the annual Leo Award for lifetime achievement in documentary filmmaking at the Lincoln Center's Walter Reed Theater on Thursday, Nov. 16. Named after pioneer of independent and non-theatrical film distribution Leo Dratfield, the Leo is awarded by International Film Seminars. The recipient must "show a sustained ability to introduce innovative approaches into the media arts field."
MacDonald is author of the series "A Critical Cinema" and founder of the F.I.L.M. (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion) series. Greaves, who began his career as a featured actor on Broadway and in motion pictures, has been producing award-winning documentaries for 50 years and is the dean of African American filmmakers. Greaves visited Hamilton last year to show his recent experimental documentary, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2.
