Amanda Rose WILDER (United States) wrote poems before she came into contact with filmmaking. This led to a thesis The Poetic Documentary and the Documentary Poem. She was second camera for Albert Maysles and wrote articles about filmmaking and trans-media for e.g. IFP and Filmmaker Magazine.

Amanda Rose Wilder

In beautiful black-and-white, Wilder observes the first year of a radical free school. Rules are set democratically and teachers and pupils have an equal voice. The dramatic tension reaches its height when the children end up in a battle for power with the headmaster. Who are the adults and who are the children?

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Amanda Rose Wilder

Filmography

Amanda Rose Wilder at IFFR

Approaching the Elephant