Some of the great recent documentaries— Citizenfour, Cartel Land, The Overnighters, Darwin's Nightmare, My Country, My Country—were shot with little
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When film theoretician, professor, author and critic Bill Nichols comes out with a new book, we sit up and take notice. His ten previously published
In October 2010, I attended a screening of Primary at the Paley Center in New York, followed by a conversation with filmmakers Robert Drew, Richard
For the past several years, America has witnessed almost daily incidents of unarmed black men and women being killed by the police—and these incidents
Fact Box: Duration of Program: 2 years Degree Offered: MFA in Documentary Filmmaking Components of Program: First year: fundamentals ofcomplete
Dear Readers, Since The Election lurched half of America into a maelstrom of dread and anxiety, we in the documentary community have been retrenching
Dear Community, I had prepared a different column for you, but post election, everything is different. This nation is as divided as it can be. We've
Editor's Note: Some of the greatest documentaries of all time would be inconceivable without their protagonists to drive the stories and keep us
Dear Readers, The first Getting Real conference in 2014 bore all the resonance and impact of a stunning first film. Billed as a filmmaker-to-filmmaker
Dear IDA Community, As we have been working these past few months to prepare for the biennial Getting Real ’16 documentary conference, I’ve been