The world of documentary has been a confusing swirl of currents since the term was invented to describe a movie that was entirely staged ("Nanook of the North"). Filmmakers Shane King and Arne Johnson will knock over some sacred cows and de-stabilize your idea of truth in media with a series of clips and revelations. They will talk about their own film as well as some surprising examples of fiction merging with reality. Is the term documentary really adequate? When does a film stop being a documentary and start being a narrative? We will cross the lines.
Arne Johnson has written about documentary film extensively for several publications, while also making documentary himself. Shane King has been blurring the lines as a producer, editor and shooter for more than a decade.


ARNE JOHNSON
Arne has been a film reviewer, entertainment journalist, film festival worker and screenwriter for more than a decade. But he got his real start in movies working with fellow 7th grader Shane King on the Super 8mm classic “Cala ‘n’ Ala Honey Baked”. They collaborated again 20 years later, as Arne wrote the screenplay for Shane’s "Park Files", a film for kids about native plant restoration. Along with Shane, he has hosted a radio show called "Doc Talk", about documentary film. Previous to this life of writing, editing and filmmaking Arne was an educator. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, not far from where the Camp takes place, though he was born in San Francisco. He now resides in Oakland, where he rarely uses the B.A. in English Lit he earned from S.F. State University, making videos for environmental organizations and petting his cats.

SHANE KING
Shane has been working as a shooter, editor and producer for the past 10 years. He is now a principal in the production company Keela Films. Shane’s productions have taken him from steamy Amazonian jungles to some of the finest wineries in Australia and countless trips across the U.S. Shane continues to find the time to teach documentary production and Editing at The Film Arts Foundation, The Bay Area Video Coalition and at his alma mater San Francisco State University. His educational short "The Park Files" won 7 awards at the International Wildlife Film Festival. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where he met and started having grand adventures with Arne in the 5th grade. Now Shane wants to make a Zombie movie