Spring 2016

New Documentary Frontiers Spring 2016

In this issue, discover the liberating limitations of working in short form, where a documentary's emotional impact can be distilled and even intensified.

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Spring 2016

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Features
Short Docs Enjoy Longevity Online
This has been called a new Golden Age of...
ByMatthewCarey
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Does Length Matter? The Liberating Limitations of Short Films
It's tempting to give the short film short shrift...
BySuzCurtis
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The New Chinese Documentary: Building the Bridge between East and West
A recent flood of impressive, handsomely produced...
ByPatriciaAufderheide
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Where Virtual Reality Prototypes Are Hatched
Colleges and universities, often at the foreground...
ByElisabethGreenbaum Kasson
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VR Becoming an Actual Reality for Documentarians
Following a brief test run in the 1990s, virtual...
ByCaseyFreeman Howe
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Columns
Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column, Spring 2016
By SimonKilmurry
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Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2016
By TomWhite
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Keep a Close Watch: Analyzing a Documentary's Strengths and Weaknesses
By Sheila CurranBernard
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Playback: Tom Joslin and Mark Massi's 'Silverlake Life: The View from Here'
By ReneeTajima-Peña
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Whose Film Is It, Anyway? The Trusted Exchange between Filmmaker and Subject
By StevenAscher
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