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Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, featured in the five-part PBS series 'Women, War & Peace' (Exec. Prods.: Abigail Disney, Pamela Hogan, Gini Reticker). Courtesy of Michael Angelo for Wonderland
Fall 2011

Agents of Change: 'Women, War & Peace'

Plus: The Craft of Doc-Making
New Day Films at 40
Archive Verite: 'The Black Power Mixtape'

 

 

Features:
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Left to right: Composer Ronen Landa, director Angad Bhalla, editor Richard Acosta. Photo: Jonathan Hickerson. Courtesy of Sundance Institute
A Sundance Mash-Up: Composers + Documentary Lab = Collaboration
By Angad Bhalla

'Herman's House' premieres in theaters April 19, 2013 through First Run Features.

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Survival Techniques: Clearing the Hurdles of a Career in Nonfiction
By Cynthia Close

A review of Alan Rosenthal's 'Succeeding as a Documentary Filmmaker: A Guide to the Professional World'

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From Leonard Retel Helmrich's 'Position Among the Stars.' Courtesy of Scarabee Films/HBO
The Single Shot Cinema of Leonard Retel Helmrich
By Thomas White

Helmrich's 'Position Among the Stars' is nominated for a Humanitas Documentary Award.

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Photo: James Keeley Jr.
Funded by Science: HHMI Announces $60 Million Documentary Initiative
By Tamara Krinsky

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Rachel Grady (left) and Heidi Ewing. Courtesy of Loki Films
Directors Uncut: Notes on One Team’s Process
By Heidi Ewing

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Arlene Nelson (left), cinematographer of 'Troubadors,' seeting up a shot with producer Eddie Schmidt. Courtesy of Tremolo Productions
Making Things Happen (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Producing)
By Eddie Schmidt

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From Alex Gibney's 'Taxi to the Darkside,' for which he won a WGA Documentary Screenwriting Award.
The Write Wing: Defining the Role of the Writer in Nonfiction
By Taylor Segrest

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Poster for New Day Films, 1973
It's a New Day: Collective Distribution
By Daniel James Scott

New Day Films celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2011.

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From Goran Hugo Olsson's 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975.' Photo: Tom Goetz ©Story AB. A Sundance Selects Release
Archive Verite : Editing as an Art Form
By Michael Rose

'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975' opens September 23 in Los Angeles.

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Liberian activist and Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee. From the PBS series 'Women, War & Peace' (Exec. Prods.: Abigail Disney, Pamela Hogan, Gini Reticker). Photo courtesy of Michael Angelo for Wonderlandar Bernal
The Perils of Peacemaking: Women in War as Agents of Change
By Frako Loden

Episode 4 of 'Women, War & Peace'--'The War We Are Living'--airs November 1 on PBS.