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Historic settlement agreement may coincide with release of UPSTREAM BATTLE
 For two years, Ben Kempas followed Native Americans in their fight for their fish - against an energy corporation that runs hydropower dams on the Klamath River. Post-production of UPSTREAM BATTLE is nearly completed. At the same time, a settlement agreement has been proposed that could trigger the largest dam removal project in history. "People have been calling this a David-and-Goliath struggle," Ben says. "They should remember who won that particular contest."
> Proposed settlement agreement (external PDF - disclaimer)
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UPSTREAM BATTLE co-produced by ARTE/BR
The deal had been in the pipeline for quite a while, and it's official now: Ben's latest documentary, UPSTREAM BATTLE, produced by Joachim Schroeder of Preview Production and financially supported by FFF Bayern, has got ARTE and Bayerischer Rundfunk as co-producers on board. Both broadcasters are going to show hour-long versions of the documentary under the German title STROMAUFWÄRTS. A feature-length version will be ready for film festivals soon.
> Preview Production (external link - disclaimer)
> ARTE (external link in French and German - disclaimer)
> Bayerischer Rundfunk (external link in German - disclaimer)
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New customers in London and Lissabon
expressive.tv recently provided camera crews to UK-based Business News Television for a series of shoots in Munich, Cologne, Zurich, and Karlsruhe, as well as to Portuguese broadcaster RTP for a shoot near Munich.
> Your documentary people
> BNTV (external link - disclaimer)
> RTP (external link - disclaimer)
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Masterclass at the opera
Ben Kempas is the cinematographer of a long-term documentary by Olivia Hagemann, following the participants of the Opera Studio at the Bavarian State Opera. After this year-long course, will they be tomorrow's opera stars?
> Preview Production (external link - disclaimer)
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