SUNDANCE 2019: MARY LAMPSON ON THE ART OF EDITING

Mary Lampson speaks at the Art of Editing Lunch. © 2019 Sundance Institute | Dan Campbell

"We have extraordinary power and a great responsibility."

At the Sundance Film Festival last month, veteran documentary editor Mary Lampson (Harlan County, USA, The Bad Kids, A Lion in the House) presented a keynote highlighting the role of an editor and her journey through the ranks of the industry during the Sundance Institute and the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship’s Art of Editing Reception.

Here is a transcript of her moving and insightful speech.