By Tom White and Eddie Schmidt In the 2004 film The Five Obstructions, by Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier, von Trier challenges his mentor Leth to
Aesthetics
How would you like to make a critically acclaimed documentary and reap the ample rewards? Well, maybe not ample...but respectable? Sounds pretty good
The head of 'American Experience' looks at the history documentary genre over the past 25 years.
The natural history genre occupies a niche that is located somewhere between the nonfiction (reportage) genre and the dramatic (storytelling) genre
For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by the history of The Friars Club—the legendary showbiz haven where some of the biggest icons of
Czech documentaries seem to be responding to changing times faster than Czech feature films. Documentarists have never lost touch with contemporary
In the past few years, reality-based programs such as Cops, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted and others have garnered precious airtime and
You know what? It is the 8mm movie that will save us. Blind as we are, it will take us a few more years to see it, but some people see it already
EDITOR'S NOTE: In 1976, having just become editor of The Journal of the University Film and Video Association , I felt privileged that my second issue
Some of the most significant revolutions in the history of film and video have been sparked by the appearance of small and inexpensive camera—new