Fall 2018

Getting Real '18 Fall 2018

Welcome to our Getting Real '18 issue, in which we present articles that tackle the themes of the 2018 conference: Sustainability, Transparency and Creativity.

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Features

Augmented Reality's Documentary Potential

Note: Augmented reality (AR) generally refers to...

By Sue Ding

Considering Documentary through Multiple Perspectives: A Conversation with Chi-hui Yang

Just a few scrolls through the Ford Foundation's...

By Frako Loden

The New Tax Code: What's In It for Filmmakers?

One of the costs of living in the US is that you...

By Lauren Cardillo

Real DC Is Also Reel DC: A Regional Perspective

The majority of American documentary filmmakers do...

By Erica Ginsberg

Getting Real '18: The Producers Reflect on Reframing the Field

In 2018, the world needs documentaries more than...

By Suz Curtis

Columns

Inside Out: Nadia Hallgren

By Nadia Hallgren

Prepare for the Long Haul Sustainable Documentary-making Requires a Grounding in Legal Basics

By Steven Beer

The Zen of Editing: A Primer

By Cynthia Close

Playback: Ross McElwee's 'Sherman's March'

By Anne Makepeace

At Montana State, You Come for the Scenery and Stay for the Film School

By TOM GIANAKOPOULOS

Fast Foreward: The Editor's Column, Fall 2018

By Tom White

Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column Fall 2018

By Simon Kilmurry

Life in the Time of Ebola: Inside the 2014 Epidemic in Sierra Leone

By Sarah Haufrect