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Latin Side of the Doc makes its debut.
The director of programming talks about new ventures for 2010.
'Why Democracy?'--an omnibus project of ten commissioned docs.
SnagFilms' "filmanthropic" endeavors.
A look back at the documentary genre with Shelia Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, is an illuminating history lesson as well as a textbook example of how to succeed in television: Basically, ignore the textbook and go with your instincts by featuring emotionally compelling stories of ordinary people. The 1998 IDA Career Achievement Award honoree and a George Foster Peabody Award winner, Nevins began her career at HBO in 1979, when the cable channel was known for movies and sports, not as a dominant force in original programming. Nevins talked to Documentary about the genesis of
Opening this month: 'Garbage Dreams,' 'Off and Running' and more!
A few months ago, while flipping channels, I came across an intriguing documentary short that grabbed and held my attention. In a voiceover narrative, a man--the director, I assumed--recounted the very personal story of the death of his seven-year-old brother. The haunting memory of this experience was loosely organized around the Kübler-Ross model of the five stages of grief that accompanies loss: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance, but expanded beyond those into an additional seven sections (i.e., Collapse, Sorrow, Communication). Afterwards, I discovered that the film was