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If you have ever used a clip or a photo or an existing piece of music in your documentary, you must have spent more than a little time looking for the
By Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi A study conducted with some 50 documentary filmmakers over the course of a year, the American University's "Untold
Documentaries about 20th century artists are rarely produced these days, and for a very good reason: The filmmakers can't afford to pay for rights. It
This past year has been a watermark year for documentarians, with documentaries moving more and more into the mainstream of public awareness and
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A review of 'Risky Business: Financing & Distributing Independent Films'
The career path to documentary filmmaking is a diffuse one. Some documentarians transition back and forth from broadcast journalism or fiction
"Help, I need Errors & Omissions for my film. Why do I need it? How do I get it done?" To answer these questions, I, the Good Witch...well, the
"Ahoy, hornswaggling pirates! Get me film booty out of yer bung hole or you'll sleep in Davy Jones' Locker." That's about the best threat most
A review of Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jasci's 'Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright'