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Articles by Betsy McLane
Nick Fraser Tells 'A Story of Documentaries'
Sat, 03/07/2020
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Brit Doc Extraordinaire: The Making of 'The World at War'
Sun, 04/07/2013
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Sun, 05/13/2012
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Brazil a Global Force in Documentary? It's All True
Tue, 05/08/2012
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Rhetorical Questioning: An Academic View of Political Documentaries
Thu, 03/26/2009
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Festival Focus: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
Wed, 10/08/2008
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Now We Are Seven: Parsing 'The Up Series'
Tue, 07/08/2008
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Listen to Britain: 100 Docs from Across the Pond
Mon, 05/12/2008
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'The River' Runs Through It: The Legacy of Pare Lorentz
Thu, 11/01/2007
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Fri, 03/01/2002
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Fri, 02/01/2002
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Remembrance: Eric Barnouw
Sat, 09/01/2001
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Prime Real Estate: House of Docs
Tue, 05/01/2001
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Elizabeth Lorentz Obituary
Thu, 03/01/2001
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Documentary Makers Ride the Celtic Tiger
Thu, 02/01/2001
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Hot Docs and the Toronto Documentary Forum
Sun, 10/01/2000
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Fri, 09/01/2000
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Thu, 06/01/2000
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Mon, 05/01/2000
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Slamdance 2000
Mon, 05/01/2000
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Wed, 12/01/1999
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Mon, 06/01/1998
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