Now in its 31st year, the annual New York Exposition of Short Film and Video was held November 19-22, with screenings and other events taking place at
Festivals
This is a completely biased festival report: I really like the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Any film festival where I can 1) get in to see
"Bring your cowboy boots," the brochure urged, setting the tone for this highly unusual, six-day film festival held in September of this year. Part
The proportion of documentaries to fiction features is always small at the annual New York Film Festival. This year, the 35th event (September 26
If you go to only one assembly of academics yakking about documentaries, make it "Visible Evidence." This challenging itinerant conference—previously
Forty years ago, a forum to examine Black culture in America would likely have presented films made by White American Producers. In fact, a clip of
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival—the only festival devoted exclusively to human rights issues—held its eighth annual event at the
After a harsh winter, the coming of spring in New York City this year occasioned a joyful grin, even from the most ill-tempered New Yorkers. This
Does the world really need yet another film festival? Even one that has noble social and aesthetic purposes, along with strong community support? Even
Happy 40th birthday to the oldest film festival in the Americas. Documentaries at the 1997 San Francisco International Film Festival (April 24-May 8)