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Spring 2011

Spring 2011

Is Truth Relative? Spring 2011

We wrestle with a knotty theme that's been part of the conversation about the documentary aesthetic since the beginning of the art form: THE TRUTH.

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Features
Feature | Spring 2011
Disseminating Doubts: Gianfranco Pannone and the Cinema of the Real
By Lucia Ricciardelli
Profile
Feature | Spring 2011
In Pursuit of a Real Moment: Branding, Multi-Media and Record--The Expropriation of Documentary Methods
By Sara Vizcarrondo
Feature | Spring 2011
Do You Swear to Re-Enact the Truth? Dramatized Testimony in Documentary Film
By Joseph Jon Lanthier
EthicsDirecting
Feature | Spring 2011
'Cave' Dwelling: The Werner Herzog Interview
By Taylor Segrest
ProfileWerner Herzog
Feature | Spring 2011
Amazon Gold: Selling Your DVD Via the Behemoth Online Retailer
By Nick Spark
DistributionBusiness
Feature | Spring 2011
Where the Truth Lies—Or Not
By Eddie Schmidt
Ethics
Columns
Column | Spring 2011
Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column, Spring 2011
By Eddie Schmidt
Notes from the Reel World
Column | Spring 2011
Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2011
By Tom White
Fast Foreword
Column | Spring 2011
'California' Streamin': New Media Docs Chronicle Local Stories
By Tamara Krinsky
Short Films
Column | Spring 2011
When Docs Go Wild: The Challenges of Nature Filmmaking
By Barry Clark
Book ReviewsReality Ink
Column | Spring 2011
Chinese Box Set: Dong's Docs on Asians in America Compiled
By Frako Loden
Archives
Column | Spring 2011
Playback: Terry Zwigoff's 'Crumb'
By Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Playback
Column | Spring 2011
Anthropologists Behaving Badly: Jose Padilha's 'Secrets of the Tribe' Does Some Digging of Its Own
By Shari Kizirian
Ethics