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VIDEO: EXCLUSIVE Interview with legendary Documentary Director Les Blank
Legendary Director Les Blank with IndependentFilm.com's Mr. Corey Boutilier. Mr. Blank visited Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Mass. to help promote his new documentary “All In This Tea”, to conduct a master class, and to participate in panel discussions and informal festival networking events throughout the 8-day Festival. Among Les Blank's numerous awards are the British Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, 1982, (Burden of Dreams); the Golden Gate Award "Best of Festival", San Francisco Film Festival, 1982 (Burden of Dreams); Grand Prize, Melbourne Film Festival,1985 (In Heaven There Is No Beer?); Special Jury Award U.S. (Sundance) Film Festival, 1985 (In Heaven There Is No Beer?); Grand Award, Houston Film Festival, 1983 (Burden of Dreams); Golden Hugo, Chicago Film Festival, 1969 (The Blues Accordin' To Lightnin' Hopkins); Blue Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival (Dry Wood, Hot Pepper, Always For Pleasure, Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers, Burden of Dreams, Gap-Toothed Women, The Best of Blank, J'ai Ete Au Bal, Yum,Yum,Yum! and Marc and Ann.) "Best of Festival", Sinking Creek (Nashville) 1996 (The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists).

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VIDEO: EXCLUSIVE Interview with legendary Documentary Director Les Blank
At the 2007 Woods Hole Film Festival.

By Corey Boutilier
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007

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