Documentary
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Documentary *
Sound recording for documentary film
aka: location sound; sound mixing; sound for picture; recordist; sound recordist; soundie; audio recordist; sound engineer, audio engineer.
The examples below include selections from Fivel’s experience as a sound recordist for feature-length documentary work.
Sound mixer and producer
“LYD is a speculative documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd (now Lod) a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948.”
Directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland, produced by Fivel Rothberg, Sawsan Asfari, executive produced by Roger Waters. Perinspire and Meerkat Media.
Distribution: Icarus Films & Watermelon Pictures
Lyd
Feature-length speculative documentary
2023
Select accolades:
Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary and FIPRESCI Award from the Film Critics Association, Amman International Film Festival 2023
Reel Palestine 2024
Hot Docs 2024
Vancouver International Film Festival 2024
Location sound mixer
“EMERGENT CITY chronicles a turbulent decade at the edge of a changing Brooklyn. As rents and sea levels rise, a new development fractures the community and forces it to confront the future of New York City’s last industrial waterfront.“
Directed by Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg
Produced by Kelly Anderson and Brenda Ávila-Hanna
Meerkat Media.
Distribution: POV, Summer 2025.
Emergent City
The Franchise
Location sound mixer
“The New York State prison system is a financial ecosystem that encompasses small rural towns and major forces of industry. The Franchise follows Alejo Rodriguez, a 56-year-old of Afro-Puerto Rican and Cuban descent who returns from prison after 32 years.”
Directed by Vee Bravo
Produced by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
ITVS, in-production
