The Five Provocations: Interview with Angie Black

Drawing inspiration from Miranda July and Mike Leigh, experimental filmmaker Angie Black discusses her improvisational processes and the importance of working in 'the fear space'.
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‘If you’re not in the fear space then you’re just emulating what you’ve done before.’ Angie Black, director of The Five Provocations.

The Five Provocations is an independent feature film written and directed by Angie Black, who produces alongside Atalanti Dionysus, Kelly Dingeldei and Kris Darmody. Black has worked extensively in the film industry, making several acclaimed short films (Disnature, 2012, Bowl Me Over, 2001) that have screened at international film festivals, but this is her first feature. It will screen this weekend on Saturday 23 February as part of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival.

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Anna Dzenis
About the Author
Anna Dzenis lectures in the Screen Studies program at La Trobe University.  She is co-editor of the journal Screening the Past.  Her current research is focused on the photofilmic in the work of Tracey Moffatt.