Well, it’s official. The introduction of the term docusoap to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is proof that the genre is now fully entrenched in
TV Docs
You're dozing late on a Monday evening in Britain, as a BBC2 film airs its final credits. Suddenly, image shifts and a Welshman is talking to the
Each year since 1978, an international group of independent filmmakers, public television producers and commissioning editors have gathered together
In the past few years, reality-based programs such as Cops, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted and others have garnered precious airtime and
The appearance over the next two months of two new programs by the independent Broadcast News Networks (BNN) on Cable News Network's (CNN) new
POV celebrates its tenth anniversary season this summer, and in an era of frequent attacks on alternative viewpoints, few would have expected the
Television: the household appliance that we love to hate. Children, parents, soap opera addicts, cable network managers, ad execs, reporters
November 3, 1995: Leona's Sister Gerri filmmaker Jane Gillooly's documentary, airs. Millions of PBS viewers who watch the P.O.V. special program are
IDA member Peter Stuart is one of the few American nonfiction producers to have made a successful career in Europe. This article about Stuart was
It's 9:00 in the morning in the Miramar Palace in San Sebastian in the Basque country on the north coast of Spain. In each of the Miramar's three