July 2003

Cable Hook-Up July 2003

Cable companies has been part of the American home entertainment landscape since the mid-'70s. In this issue, we profile three of them: Discovery Times, TRIO Channel and MTV.

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Features

Feature | July 2003

From 'Tupac' to 'True Life': The Story's the Thing at MTV's Documentary Division

By Patricia Troy

Music Documentaries

Feature | July 2003

Awakening New Ways of Perception: The Visions Du Réel Film Festival

By Henry Lewes

Festivals

Feature | July 2003

The 'Old Grey Lady' Is Ready For Her Close-Up: A Conversation with the Executives Behind Discovery Times Channel

By Barbara Rick

Distribution

Feature | July 2003

Business as Usual During Wartime: MIPDOC and MIP-TV Soldier On Despite World Events

By Richard Propper

Markets & Industry Talks

Feature | July 2003

International INPUT into Public Television

By Patricia Aufderheide

Festivals

Feature | July 2003

War Becomes the Inadvertent Theme at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

By Emily Edwards

Festivals

Feature | July 2003

Power Trips and Veiled Appearances: A Critical Look at the Provocative Docs in the San Francisco International Film Festival

By Tom Powers

Festivals

Feature | July 2003

The Tarheel Challenge: The State of Documentary Making in Nonunion North Carolina

By Emily Edwards

Education Festivals

Feature | July 2003

When the Media Meet: Working on Both Stage and Screen

By Tamara Krinsky

Writing

Feature | July 2003

A Family Affair: Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki Discusses How He Captured 'The Friedmans'

By Kathleen Fairweather

Ethics

Feature | July 2003

Conspiracy Theories, Mating Rituals and Untraditional Traditions: TRIO Channel Looks for Offbeat Docs

By Kathleen Fairweather

TV Docs

Columns

Column | July 2003

For Your I's Only

By Ray Zone

Book Reviews Editing Reality Ink

Column | July 2003

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, July 2003

By Michael Donaldson

Notes from the Reel World

Column | July 2003

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, July 2003

By Tom White

Fast Foreword

Column | July 2003

Leon Gast's 'When We Were Kings'

By Sherry Simpson-Dean

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