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When most law students see a class labeled "Documentaries and the Law" in the course guidebook, they assume it's part of a collection of classes for
Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work will be represented in the DocuWeeks TM Theatrical
Ambulante, case study doc among highlights of LA Film Festival.
A review of Brooke Wentz's 'Hey, That's My Music! Music Supervision, Licensing, and Content Supervision.'
A review of Michael Donaldson's 'Clearance & Copyright: 3rd Edition.'
Filmmaking is a constant struggle between creative vision and budgetary restraint. In the production of our documentary, Bigger Stronger Faster, no issue better demonstrated this tug-of-war than our use of archival footage.
Cianna Stewart weighs the options of forming a nonprofit or for-profit production company--or freelancing.
How Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurance can work for you.
Documentary filmmakers have all too often found their creative work hobbled by unnecessarily harsh copyright clearance practices. Now, filmmakers have
Archival Storytelling, released this month through Focal Press, addresses one of the most challenging issues facing filmmakers today: the use of