Earlier this year Discovery Channel announced a self-proclaimed "historic" venture-"Discovery Docs," the first theatrical film series produced by a
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Neither a production company nor a distributor, Working Films, the North Carolina-based nonprofit, brings media activists, educators, community groups
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The distribution landscape is changing — fast. Here's ten digestible bits of advice to keep in mind as you take your film out into the world.
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When was the last time a documentary inspired Americans to throw 3,000 viewing parties for nearly 100,000 people, making $850,000 in the first three
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What happens after you’ve finally finished that amazing film you worked on for years? You want to sell it, of course. You want to find a way to get it
A panel of leading documentary publicists share advice on how to get the attention of critics, bloggers, influencers and viewers.
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While it's been refreshing over the past year to see a relative proliferation of documentaries in commercial theaters, the operative word is still
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The 26th Independent Feature Project's (IFP) Film Market, held in New York in September, aimed to "bring together the business and creative
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Artwork for Marc Levitz' I Survived BTK, Courtesy of Marc D. Levitz In a 2006 article about the Emmy Awards that appeared in Documentary magazine, the
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Women Make Movies (WMM) is losing its enviable, mile-long view of New York City's SoHo. Across the street from WMM's floor-to-ceiling windows