Nina Gilden Seavey, founder/director of The Documentary Center at George Washington University Editor's Note: Documentary magazine has devoted many
Education
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I have had job interviews and meetings with some of the best independent documentary filmmakers around. Some of them hired me for paying jobs; others
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A review of 'American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn'
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Have you seen J.P. Sniadecki and Libbie D. Cohn's absorbing documentary People's Park, an 89-minute film shot in one continual take that puts the
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Documentary film winners David Aristizabal of the USC (left), Rachel Loube of the School of Visual Arts (center) and Daniel Kowhler of Elon University
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DOCS ROCK, a bold new program developed for high school students by the IDA, is anchored on the premise that documentary films are a cultural art form
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A temple entrance in Vientaine, Laos. Photo: Rachel Gardin Mark Earlier this year, I was invited to be a film envoy for the American Film Showcase
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'American Promise' opens in theaters October 18 through Impact Partners.
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Documentaries seem to have latched onto the public conscience in a big way in recent years, thanks in large part to passionate filmmakers with a
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Not so long ago, before the introduction of videotape, almost all documentary films made in England were shot on 16mm, and scriptwriting was mandatory