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Dear Editor: I just read Alan Barker's article " Documentary Sound: Some Minimal Audiokits" (Winter 2017) with some interest. However, there are a few
Dear Readers, As we go to press, Americans are facing the possibility of losing some of our most cherished and vital federal agencies—namely, the
This article is intended for documentary filmmakers who, for reasons of access or budget, work alone, or nearly so. Hiring a professional sound person
Things are rarely black and white in the realm of nonfiction, but when it comes to social justice in these United States, events can seem to align
For over 16 years, veteran producers Jedd and Todd Wider have proven their mettle in the documentary film community. Together, the brothers have
Racial unrest at the University of Missouri in Columbia in fall 2015 led to national headlines, a threatened boycott by the football team and the
Some of the great recent documentaries— Citizenfour, Cartel Land, The Overnighters, Darwin's Nightmare, My Country, My Country—were shot with little
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