It wasn't too long ago when documentary films were relegated to the realm of PBS programming and occasional network specials. The emergence of cable
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A client once asked me if the legal and business issues concerning an audio-visual project would change, since mediamakers are producing more projects
After several false starts, personnel shifts and delays, Silverdocs, the AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, finally launched in June with a
Technically, there was not much to discover at the 2003 IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival, held in June. For the past couple of years since Independent
What if there was a documentary on every night? What if your local newspaper hired, promoted and integrated documentary features in each issue? What
One of the most eagerly awaited documentaries of the year may also be one of the most controversial. The Blues, the seven-part, ten-and-a-half-hour
How many of us documentary filmmakers have shelves or closets stacked with interviews or portions of interviews that never made it into our films? Or
It has taken a few years, but digital versatile disc (DVD), technology has matured. If you count the DVD drives in desktop computers, there are over
The bigger the image, the bigger the impact," says Robert Dennis. "Filmmakers have been experimenting with large format since the early days of
What would happen if technology stopped in its tracks? If filmmaking's tools of tomorrow were the same as today? It's slightly ironic in the midst of