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Fall 2010

Death of a Doc Star: David L. Wolper 1928-2010

Plus: 

Where Documentary Meets Journalism
'Waiting for Superman'
Film Forum at 40
'Middletown'

 

Features:
Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column
By Thomas White

Where documentary meets journalism.

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From the duPont Award-winning 'The Judge and the General' (Dirs.: Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco). Photo: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images
Awards of Academia: Peabodys and duPonts Honor the Real Reality
By Michelle Paster

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From 'Deadliest Catch.' Courtesy of Original Producitons
Swimming with Sharks: Documentary on the Rough Seas of Reality TV
By Elizabeth Blozan

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Cover design: studio oneonone. Production still from 'P’tite Bourgogne' (1968) Courtesy of McGill-Queen’s University Press
Documentary Activism: Empowering Communities Through the Media
By Marc Glassman

A review of the book 'Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada'

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Lisa Bejarno, subject of Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth's 'Aging Out' and, posthumously, of 'No Tomorrow.' Courtesy of Public Policy Productions
The Death of Objectivity? When Documentary Footage Becomes Evidence
By Belinda Baldwin

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Karen Cooper, director, Film Forum. Photo: Geraldine de Haugoubart
Film Forum at Forty: Still Independent and Individualistic
By Tamara Krinsky

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From Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger's 'Restrepo.' Photo: (c) Tim Hetherington
The Message Is the Medium: The Difference between Documentarians and Journalists
By Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson

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'Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work,' the latest study from the Center for Social Media.
A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject
By Wanda Bershen

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From Adrian Grenier's 'Teenage Paparazzo,' which airs September 27 on HBO. Photo: Matthew Cooke. Courtesy of HBO
That's Celebritainment!: Paparazzi Are the Stars in Two New Docs
By Michael Rose

'Teenage Paparazzo' and 'Smash His Camera'

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From Davis Guggenheim's 'Waiting for Superman,' which premieres September 24 through Paramount Vantage. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
The Uncomfortable Truth: Davis Guggenheim Takes on the US Education System
By Agnes Varnum

'Waiting for Superman' premieres September 24 through Paramount Vantage.

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From Barbara Kopple's 'The House of Steinbrenner,' which premieres September 21 on ESPN as part of its '30 for 30' series. Photo: Chris Howard
Tackling Sports History: ESPN's '30 for 30'
By H. Scott Bayer

Barbara Kopple's 'The House of Steinbrenner' premieres September 21 on ESPN's '30 for 30' series.

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From 'Seventeen' (Dirs.: Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines), part of the six-film series 'Middletown' (Prod.: Peter Davis) that comes out on DVD September 21 through Icarus Films. Courtesy of Icarus Films
Meet 'Middletown': Ordinary Americans at Extraordinary Moments
By Cynthia Close

'Middletown,' the six-film series that aired on PBS in 1982, comes out on DVD September 21 through Icarus Films.