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Photo: Phillip H. Coblentz. Courtesy of San Francisco Conventions & Visitors Bureau
May/Jun 2007
Features:
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From Katerina Cizek's 'The Bicycle,' produced as part of the NFB's Filmmaker-in-Residence program.
A New Kind of Hospital Drama: Canadian Film Board Marries Media and Medicine
By Tamara Krinsky

The NFB's Filmmaker-in-Residence Program in partnership with Toronto-based St. Michael's Hospital.

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column
By Thomas White

On The San Francisco Bay Area documentary community.

Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column
By diane estelle Vicari

Fair Use and E&O Insurance...Pare Lorentz Festival...new music documentary award...and more!

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From Cynthia Wade's 'Freeheld,' which earned a Special Jury Prize at Sundance.
Festival Focus: Sundance Film Festival
By Sarah Jo Marks

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From Mark Kitchell's 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' which is distirbuted by California Newsreel. Courtesy of California Newsreel
Documenting the Movement: California Newsreel Remains at the Center of Social Change
By Cathleen Rountree

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Filmmaker Rob Epstein, head of the documentary MFA program at California College of the Arts. Photo: Stephen Higgins
The Golden Gateway to Documentary Training: Bay Area Poised to Become a Global Production Center
By Mitchell Block

Plus: Directory of Documentary Training Programs in the Bay Area

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Ninth Street Independent Film Center in San Francisco. Photo: Debra St. John
Positively Ninth Street: San Francisco’s Fabulous Family of Nonprofit Media Arts Groups
By Felicity T Wood

A profile of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center.

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From Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar's 'Made in LA,' which aired on POV in 2007.
'POV' XX: Two Decades of Integrity of Vision
By Shelley Gabert

A Look at 20 Years of 'POV.'

Bay Area Film Festivals & Screening Venues
By Thomas White

A reasonably comprehensive list of what's happening where and when.

Professional Perspective:
Tags: documentary magazine