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THE FOG OF TORTURE: Errol Morris Investigates Abu Ghraib BY MARC GLASSMAN
ROMAN À CLEF: ‘Wanted and Desired’ Investigates the
Polanski Dichotomy BY CATHLEEN ROUNTREE
FACING THE MUSIC
ST. PATTI’S DAY: Steven Sebring’s Portrait of the Punk
Poetess BY THOMAS WHITE
MUSIC PROVES A LIFELINE IN ‘ESCAPE FROM LUANDA’ BY CHRISTIAAN HARDEN
SOUTH AFRICAN IDOLS: The Singing Orphans of “We
Are Together” BY CHRISTIAAN HARDEN
MUGGE SHOTS: Capturing American Roots Music on
Film BY MICHAEL ROSE
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN: Larry Weinstein is the Maestro
of the Off-Beat Music Documentary BY MARC GLASSMAN
COMPOSERS CONFAB: Creating the Best Score for Your
Film BY LISA LEEMAN TO LEASE OR TO BUY: Music Licensing Rights Strategies
for the Documentary Filmmaker BY DAVID G. POWELL
WHO’S STORY IS IT, ANYWAY?: Obtaining a Subject’s Life-Story Rights BY TOM ISLER
DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA FOUNDATION OPENS ITS DOORS—Breakthrough for Australian Documentary
Filmmakers BY MITCHELL W. BLOCK
FILM ARCHIVISTS FACE A DIGITAL DILEMMA BY BOB FISHER
FESTIVAL FOCUS • SXSW 2008 BY AGNES VARNUM • Sundance 2008, Part I BY TAMARA KRINSKY • Sundance 2008, Part II BY THOMAS WHITE
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REALITY INK BY MICHAEL GALINSKY
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on the cover: From Steven Sebring’s Patti Smith: Dream of Life. Photo: Steven Sebring. Courtesy of Steven Sebring.
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