Teaching tolerance in a less tolerant land...
Education
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The Media Studies program at The New School is one of the oldest in the United States. Marshall McLuhan's colleague John Culkin brought his Center for
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored three student documentary winners at the 41st Student Academy Awards ceremony, held June 7 at
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Eccentric, heroic, tragic and charismatic characters are at the heart of some of the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival's most memorable
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Wiseman Plays Berkeley: The Legendary Documentarian Takes on the Decline in Funding Public Education
'At Berkeley' airs January 13 on PBS' 'Independent Lens.'
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Ken Jacobson recently came on board as IDA's director of educational programs and strategic partnerships—a new position created to accommodate a
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"This is a place where you can breathe deeply," advised Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Fund, during the
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What's in a name? Well, if you are the festival formerly known as SILVER DOCS, it was not only a name but an identifying location: Silver Spring
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Cultural diplomacy has served as a vital component of the US Department of State's overall foreign policy apparatus for the past 50 years. One can
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From Richard E. Robbins’ Girl Rising, which premieres in theaters through CNN Films In 2012, CNN became another player in the documentary field—a very