Summer 2012

The Docs for Change Issue Summer 2012

We look at some of the key players that have helped shore up documentaries with a robust foundation of partnerships, outreach and education, and an overarching strategy for impact.

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Features

Money for Change: Three Funders Take Active Role in Supporting Film

Anyone who makes documentary films is aware of the...

By Michael Galinsky

Sneaking the Spinach in with the Popcorn: Participant Media Makes Commercially Viable Social Issue Films

Unleashing a panoply of expert talking heads and...

By Joseph Jon Lanthier

A Decade of Diversely Exchanged Ideas: Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program

Editor's Note: The Sundance Institute Documentary...

By Daniel James Scott

The Art of Engagement: Working Films and BRITDOC Foundation Help Docs Create Social Impact

How do documentary filmmakers impact their...

By Amanda Lin Costa

From the Courtroom to the Edit Room: When Lawyers Shift Careers

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By mary moylan

Doc Diplomacy: American Film Showcase Presents Democracy to the World

Nearly a hundred years ago, William Allen White...

By Amanda Lin Costa

Military Malfeasance: Exposing 'The Invisible War'

'The Invisible War,' from Kirby Dick and Amy...

By Katie Murphy

Columns

Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column, Summer 2012

By Michael Lumpkin

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Summer 2012

By Tom White

Playback: Nicholas Philibert's 'Etre et Avoir'

By Peter Richardson

NFB's 'Bear 71': Where the Wild Meets the Wired

By Sarah Keenlyside

Ricky's Renaissance: Leacock's Memoir Enlivens a Documentary Master

By Betsy McLane

Bill, James and George's Excellent Adventure: Back in 'The War Room'

By Paul Stekler

Anne Drew, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker with Drew Associates, Dies

By Robert Drew