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Summer 2011

Into the Wild: The Unique Niche of Nature Films

Plus:

Remembering Richard Leacock
Docmakers Go Commercial
'The Technique of Film & Video Editing'

Features:
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From Bill Haney's 'The Last Mountain' (Prods.: Clara Bingham, Eric Gruneman).
Mountaintop Massacre: New Doc Finds Collateral Damage in the Coal Wars
By Michael Rose

'The Last Mountain' is the winner of the 2011 Pare Lorentz Award.

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Photo © Andrea Marshall
La Etica Dentro de la Vida Salvaje: Documentalistas de la Naturaleza Necesitan un Codigo de Conducta
By Chris Palmer

The Spanish translation of Chris Palmer's essay.

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Seeing the Invisible: Understanding the Art of Great Editing
By Cynthia Close

A review of 'The Technique of Film & Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice, 5th Edition'

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Director Jessica Sanders (right) and cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker shooting a Toyota commercial. Photo: Justin Trask
Documercials: Shooting Ad Spots Can Be Boon to Nonfiction Filmmakers
By Tamara Krinsky

Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column
By Michael Lumpkin

On tax issues...and two deaths in the documentary family.

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column
By Thomas White

On the divide between nature/wildlife filmmakers and human nature filmmakers.

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Montana State student recording iceberg activity in Iceland. Courtesy of Maria Frostic. Used by Permission
Nature U: Science and Wildlife Filmmaking Goes to School
By Belinda Baldwin

Looking at nature/wildlife filmmaking programs in academia.

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From MacGillivray Freeman Films' 'To the Arctic 3D.' Courtesy of Macgillivray Freeman Films
Taking IMAX to the Max: Greg MacGillivray Is the Grandmaster of the Giant Screen
By Michael Rose

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From Tim Liversedge's 'ROAR: Lions of the Kalahari.' Photo: June Liversedge
Size Still Matters: Nature Films Most at Home on Giant Screen
By Valentina Valentini

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Photo: (c) Kathy Milani/The Humane Society of the US. Courtesy of Chris Palmer
Bridging the Great Documentary Divide
By Barry Clark

Why Can’t Factual and Nature Filmmakers Find Common Ground?