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Spring 2011

The 'Forgotten Dreams' of Werner Herzog

Plus:
Is Truth Relative? Or Just Faking It?

'Secrets of the Tribe'
Selling Your DVD on Amazon
'Stories from Chinese America'

Features:
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Giancarlo Pannone and crew in produciton on 'L'America a Roma.'
Disseminating Doubts: Gianfranco Pannone and the Cinema of the Real
By Lucia Ricciardelli

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column
By Thomas White

The Truth, in its many guises.

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From Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari's 'California Is a Place' Web project. Courtesy of Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari
'California' Streamin': New Media Docs Chronicle Local Stories
By Tamara Krinsky

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Sam Green, presenting his and Dave Cerf’s performance documentary 'Utopia in Four Movements.' ©2011 Utopia in Four Movements
In Pursuit of a Real Moment: Branding, Multi-Media and Record--The Expropriation of Documentary Methods
By Sara Vizcarrondo

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Photo: Mark Valesella
'Cave' Dwelling: The Werner Herzog Interview
By Taylor Segrest

'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' opens April 29 through IFC Films.

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When Docs Go Wild: The Challenges of Nature Filmmaking
By Barry Clark

A review of Chris Palmer's 'Shooting in the Wild'

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Chinese Box Set: Dong's Docs on Asians in America Compiled
By Frako Loden

'Stories from Chinese America: The Arthur Dong Collection, Vol. 2'

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Joaquin Phoenix, in Casey Affleck’s 'I’m Still Here.' Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
F for Faux--and for Fair Use: The Copyright Conundrum of Staged Docs
By Josh Slates

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From Jose Padilha's 'Secrets of the Tribe.' Courtesy of HBO
Anthropologists Behaving Badly: Jose Padilha's 'Secrets of the Tribe' Does Some Digging of Its Own
By Shari Kizirian

'Secrets of the Tribe' airs March 2 on HBO.

Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column
By Eddie Schmidt

What success means to the doc community.

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From Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost's 'Catfish.' Photo: Rogue (c) 2010 Rogue Pictrures
Where the Truth Lies--Or Not
By Eddie Schmidt

Parsing Essential Truth and Literal Truth