Dear Readers: Let's say the subject of your documentary has a past that is indelibly connected to American history. Such is the case with Gail Dolgin
Fast Foreword
Dear Readers, Documentary filmmaking takes us to strange places, foreboding places, wondrous places. In the name of the truth we venture behind enemy
Dear Readers, We close out our 20th anniversary year by celebrating the contributions of three giants in the documentary field. Ken Burns, the 2002
Dear Readers, There’s making your film, and then there’s getting your film made. Finding a distributor for your documentary is often more arduous a
Dear Readers, The next few months will see the releases of two landmark films that look in very different ways at two similar, tragic systems of
Dear Readers, The next few months will see the releases of two landmark films that look in very different ways at two similar, tragic systems of
Dear Readers: Looking back connotes reflection, contemplation, remembrance. In this issue, we don’t so much look back on September 11—it’s all around
The life of the documentary, we all hope, extends well beyond the final cut, festival circuit, theatrical run, television broadcast and nontheatrical
Dear Readers, Monthly publications such as ours are often encumbered by long lead times, and late breaking news can wreak havoc on the production
DearReaders, William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is not dead. It’s not even past” to underscore the ineluctability of history and the looming