I learned what it meant to be “adopted” by Peter Wintonick. Together, we attended iDOCS in Beijing, Asian Side of the Doc in Seoul, and IDFA in Amsterdam.
Keep Reading"His legacy is our challenge: to make work he’d embrace, live up to his generosity, spirit and imagination; and make him proud," writes McKenna about Peter Wintonick.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick lived many lives in his 60 years: filmmaker, father, lover, friend, mentor, writer, curator and editor. He embraced his calling—the creation and promotion of the documentary—with joy and absolute dedication.
Keep ReadingPeter and I I have been to dozens of places around the world, but I’d never been with him in Montreal. He spent so much time on the road devoting his life
Keep ReadingPeter believed that documentary films could really change people’s minds—change the world and make it a better place. He was a good sparring partner.
Keep Reading"It’s a film I couldn’t have made if it weren’t for Peter’s selfless desire to share the world with the world," Yung Chang writes of Peter Wintonick's impact on China Heavyweight.
Keep ReadingI have mixed feelings about our film, pilgrIMAGE, young as I was when we made it and rather self-conscious about being on camera. But Pete was unfailingly proud of it.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick was a one-off. He channelled his anger and frustration with the world’s injustices into media designed to motivate.
Keep ReadingPeter Wintonick was interviewed at great length by Pepita Ferrari for her acclaimed 2008 National Film Board feature Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary.
Keep Reading"It took nothing more than a kitchen table chat over a bottle of scotch for us to decide to proceed together on the film that would become Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and
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