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Editor Erin Casper on shaping interviews in "American Promise." From "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 11th, 2016. This week's #WCW at MEWShop is former Sight, Sound and Story panelist and Erin Casper! Erin is an Emmy-nominated documentary editor based in New York.  Erin’s recent editing credits include "The Last Season" (2015 Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award nominee); and "American Promise" (POV 2014, Special Jury Prize for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection of the 51st Annual New York Film Festival).  Erin also edited "The New Black" (Independent Lens in 2014, GLAAD and NAACP Image Award nominee); "Our School," (winner of the 2011 Sterling Award for Best US Feature Documentary at AFI DOCS); and short nonfiction pieces for NY Times Op-Docs and The Intercept. In 2011, Erin was the inaugural recipient of the prestigious Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship...

MEWShop Blog Readers in NYC!!! If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP to Audio Network’s Adobe Premiere Pro Launch Event on October 6th  from 7pm - 9pm . As friends of Audio Network, we’re invited to join them at the Ace Hotel: Breslin Mezzanine for free appetizers, drinks and demos as they introduce their new panel. Please RSVP directly to Audio Network at  madeline.dinapoli@ audionetwork.com   and indicate you are from MEWShop .

MEWShop Blog Readers in NYC!!! If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP to Audio Network’s Adobe Premiere Pro Launch Event on October 6  from 7pm - 9pm . As friends of Audio Network, we’re invited to join them at the Ace Hotel: Breslin Mezzanine for free appetizers, drinks and demos as they introduce their new panel. Please RSVP directly to Audio Network at  madeline.dinapoli@ audionetwork.com   and indicate you are from MEWShop .

MEWShop Blog Readers in NYC!!! If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP to Audio Network’s Adobe Premiere Pro Launch Event on October 6 - 7  from 7pm - 9pm . As friends of Audio Network, we’re invited to join them at the Ace Hotel: Breslin Mezzanine for free appetizers, drinks and demos as they introduce their new panel. Please RSVP directly to Audio Network at  madeline.dinapoli@ audionetwork.com   and indicate you are from MEWShop .

In this video from MEWTube, documentary editor Mona Davis discusses the making of Love & Diane . From "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 11th, 2016. Mona Davis is a feature documentary editor based in New York with a passion for verite films with character driven stories. Her credits include the critically acclaimed Love and Diane, which premiered at the New York Film Festival, the Emmy nominated A Perfect Candidate ,  Dream Deceivers , The State of Arizona, and the Academy Award nominated In Our Water and The Farm: Angola USA (Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance), for which she won an Emmy for Best Documentary Editing. She has consulted on numerous films including 51 Birch Street and First Comes Love . Her work has shown theatrically and on HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, BBC and Arte. Love & Diane is a 2002 documentary film directed by Jennifer Dworkin about a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter in New York City as they navigate the obstacles of ...