"The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival is an excellent launching pad for new documentaries," says Stuart Alson, executive
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Well, it’s official. The introduction of the term docusoap to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is proof that the genre is now fully entrenched in
Michael Apted is an original. While most of his contemporaries choose one genre, Apted often toils in both simultaneously and can be found shooting a
No individual, in broadcast or cable television, has done more to further the cause of independent documentary programming than has Sheila Nevins
Richard Fiocca is an Emmy nominated composer who has created and scored music for IMAX, ShowTime, PBS, HBO, ABC, NBC, CBS—just to name a few. His most
Michael Apted would be the first to admit that his career trajectory is somewhat enigmatic. While most filmmakers can easily become pigeonholed in the
David Wolper will be the first to tell you that he has absolutely no interest in writing or directing. “I am a producer,” he proclaims modestly. That
Twenty six years ago, Black people from all over Los Angeles, gathered together for a concert that became a landmark documentary dealing with the
How was David Wolper successful in creating an enormous body of documentary work spanning half a century? I asked Mel Stuart whose work with Wolper
In August 1910, Sir William MacKenzie whose transcontinental railway, the Canadian Northern, was then in the initial stages of construction