Caitlin Shamberg

Saturday, Apr 26, 2008 10:36 AM UTC

Tribeca celebrates Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

Zombies take over the Tribeca Film Festival for the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking music video.

By Caitlin Shamberg

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Thriller director John Landis, zombies and Michael Jackson fans celebrated the 25th anniversary of “Thriller” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Landis recalled the fun four-day shoot and told the audience that the record label didn’t think the video was a good investment, but by producing the “Making of Thriller” documentary (which they dubbed “The Making of Filler”), they could sell the feature-length program. Both classics were screened at the “Tribeca Drive In” and we asked audience members to show us their ghoulish makeup and undead moves.

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Caitlin joined Salon in 2007 as the multimedia editor. She produced video in the field and worked with reporters to incorporate multimedia into their pieces. Prior to working at Salon, Caitlin was an associate producer at POV, PBS's independent documentary series. A lover of independent cinema, she has worked for

several film festivals and was an associate programmer at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California. She taught English in France, produced a short documentary in Russia and currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. She wishes every reporter carried a camera. Caitlin graduated from Vassar and earned her M.A. in journalism from NYU.