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Nestled at the foot of the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, Winston-Salem is home to Wake Forest University. The school’s

In a highly engaging new text, Open Space New Media Documentary: A Toolkit for Theory and Practice, authors Patricia R. Zimmerman and Helen De Michiel

Dear Readers, Being the producer on a documentary necessitates a myriad of roles—as an artistic co-conspirator, yes, but in the right brain/left brain

I was late arriving to the 2015 True/False Film Festival and lamenting missing all the screenings I’d planned to see that night. However, after a long

Legal FAQ: When production of a documentary is just getting off the ground, filmmakers have an opportunity to memorialize the terms of relationships with investors, employees for hire, and co-producers, among others. Not taking the time and trouble to do so can make life difficult later.

Dear Documentary Community, The IDA Documentary Awards, held each December, always feel like the closing of a cycle—a moment to reflect on the past

Kentucky-born, LA-residing filmmaker Ashley York ( Tig) has devoted a good chunk of her career to tackling issues of gender inequality and advocating

Since IDA's DocuClub was relaunched in 2016 as a forum for sharing and soliciting feedback about works-in-progress, many DocuClub alums have since

Part home movie, part activist doc, Rudy Valdez's The Sentence is that rare film that can bring even the most jaded filmgoer (yes, that would be me)

I work as both a cinematographer and a director/cinematographer; I find the latter to be especially challenging. I need to be able to have the tools I