Gabrielle Pfeiffer
director • writer • producer
A POET ON THE FRONTLINE:
THE REPORTAGE OF RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI
A POET ON THE FRONTLINE will introduce audiences to Ryszard Kapuscinski, the famous daredevil war correspondent and one of the world’s most important contemporary literary figures. Known as “Indiana Jones with a notepad”, he is a legend among his peers who has been looking for the truths of human experience in the most dangerous places. Filmmaker Gabrielle Pfeiffer traveled with Kapuscinski in four countries, capturing his true character, his passion, his humor and his demons. Her film interweaves Kapuscinski’s childhood as a refugee in Poland during WWII, with his later experiences on the battlefields of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Documentary
Director/Producer:
Gabrielle Pfeiffer
Director of Photography:
Tom Hurwitz
Editors:
Holly Fisher
Gabrielle Pfeiffer
Sound:
Brenda Ray
Composer:
T.O. Sterrett
Locations:
Belarus, Ethiopia, Germany, Poland, USA
2003
Broadcast:
BBC, Canal+, SVT (Sweden), TSI (Switzerland)
Festivals, Screenings:
Berlin, Bielefeld, Brussels, Cambridge, Cracow, Düsseldorf, Gdansk, Granada, Krakow, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Poznan,
San Francisco, Saarbrücken, Tirana, Tver(Russia)
International Sales:
Canamedia
DVD Sales:
Harvard University
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University of Minnesota
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University of Western Ontario
Wake Forest University
University of Toronto
University of Colorado
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
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University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
Ithaca College
Duke University
Bibliothèque Nationale de Luxembourg
Bridgewater State University
Université du Québec à Montréal
University of Washington
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Northwestern University
University of British Columbia
Academic Acquisitions
Winner, full-funding grant:
National Endowment for the Humanities