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THE JOURNAL
A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER'S BLOG
NEW YORK CHARLOTTESVILLE VALENCIA
FEATURE ESSAY
The numbers do not fully absorb. As of this writing, 1,783 cultural heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed in Ukraine since February 24, 2022. Among them, 46 have been completely erased. The Ministry of Culture counts 346 artists and 132 media workers dead. PEN Ukraine had already reached 102 cultural figures killed by the end of 2024, and the count has not stopped. These are not collateral casualties. They are the point.
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The Festival Run Is Not the Finish Line; it's Part of the Distribution Strategy.
Getting accepted is only half the journey. What turns a festival screening into lasting momentum is the story you tell around it — before, during, and after.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
4 days ago2 min read
Héctor Tizón: The Journey as Destiny
A documentary portrait of Argentine novelist Héctor Tizón, filmed entirely in the province of Jujuy, exploring migration, cultural memory, language, and the mythic power of the journey in Northern Argentine literature.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Jun 118 min read
Who Was Playing the Harmonica at Battle of Iwo Jima.
Legend has it that veterans of the Pacific campaigns remember hearing a harmonica in the dark between landings — but nobody ever knew who was playing it. This documentary is the story of how we found him: William J. Eckert, Marine, Hamburg-born, Iwo Jima veteran, harmonica in his pocket through all of it.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 277 min read
Giacomo Puccini came from a family that fortune consistently favored. His younger brother Michele was the one exception — he crossed to South America first, fell to yellow fever, and never came home.
Giacomo Puccini’s younger brother Michele died unknown in Rio in 1891, after a duel and a flight from Jujuy. The warning that kept Giacomo in Italy reached me through Héctor Tizón — a Jujuy judge — in a film I directed twenty-five years ago.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 252 min read
Soriano: el documental que el tiempo convirtió en un archivo de voces
Durante años me preguntaron dónde se podía ver. Hoy vuelve, completa, mi primer documental sobre un escritor: Soriano, el retrato del Gordo que la academia desdeñó y los lectores amaron. Una película que el tiempo convirtió en el archivo de toda una generación.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 224 min read
Carola Saavedra: Between Berlin and a Place Named Peixoto — A Documentary by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Carola Saavedra: Between Berlin and a Place Named Peixoto is an award-winning Heritage Film Project production directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, part of his ongoing series of documentary essays on contemporary authors.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 59 min read
The Papers of Daniel Chester French: A Temporary Home with Heritage Film Project
The Papers of Daniel Chester French: A Temporary Home with Heritage Film Project
Heritage Film Project
Feb 25, 20252 min read
The Papers of Daniel Chester French
The Papers of Daniel Chester French
News Release
Feb 13, 20254 min read
Movie of the Month: The Harp of Iwo Jima
The filmcaptures the indomitable spirit of these individuals, from the shores of Guam to the raising of the American Flag in Iwo Jima.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 12, 20241 min read
Attilio Piccirilli at the MET
During last week's short visit to the MET I had the opportunity to recapture Fragilina, one of several idealized female nudes by Piccirilli.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Apr 22, 20241 min read
Civic Virtue
This sculpture is known as an allegorical personification: a story or set of abstract ideas symbolized by the human form.
Heritage Film Project
Oct 27, 20233 min read
A Different Perspective
My new film explores public monuments through eye-level angles, offering a unique perspective on the work of the Piccirilli brothers
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Oct 26, 20231 min read
Omaggio Usa ai Piccirilli. Focus sul New York Times e un film-documentario
Tornano alla ribalta i fratelli scultori massesi che emigrarono negli States. Il regista Montes Bradley è al lavoro e sarà in città per...
Heritage Film Project
Oct 21, 20233 min read
The Piccirilli Brothers at the Panama–Pacific Exposition
Attilio and Furio Piccirilli Created Extraordinary Work in San Diego
Heritage Film Project
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Lankes premiere at Burchfield Penney Art Center, SUNY
On October 11, 2019, the Burchfield Penney Art Center presented the world premiere of J. J. Lankes: Yankee Printmaker in Virginia, a documen
Heritage Film Project
May 12, 20232 min read
Monumental Statues of Joy Brown Around the World
Joy's world was way more complex, with profound family roots in China and Japan that stretched for three generations and a vision that was n
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 8, 20232 min read
Louis Malle: Docs
"Place de la République" Is deeply thought-provoking piece that examines the complexities of the society we live in.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
May 4, 20232 min read
Mourning Victory
It is a fact that were all the dwellers there simultaneously to respond to the resurrection-call, Thoreau would be within easy conversing…
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Feb 27, 20222 min read
New York, 1911
This documentary, part of MoMA's extraordinary collection, was made by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern as part of a series...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Oct 7, 20211 min read
The Hands That Rock the Nation
Preliminary notes on a documentary project about Daniel Chester French As I slowly drift into a French state of mind, while still devoted...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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