For over 16 years, veteran producers Jedd and Todd Wider have proven their mettle in the documentary film community. Together, the brothers have
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Racial unrest at the University of Missouri in Columbia in fall 2015 led to national headlines, a threatened boycott by the football team and the
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When film theoretician, professor, author and critic Bill Nichols comes out with a new book, we sit up and take notice. His ten previously published
In October 2010, I attended a screening of Primary at the Paley Center in New York, followed by a conversation with filmmakers Robert Drew, Richard
For the past several years, America has witnessed almost daily incidents of unarmed black men and women being killed by the police—and these incidents
Fact Box: Duration of Program: 2 years Degree Offered: MFA in Documentary Filmmaking Components of Program: First year: fundamentals ofcomplete
Dear Readers, Since The Election lurched half of America into a maelstrom of dread and anxiety, we in the documentary community have been retrenching
Dear Community, I had prepared a different column for you, but post election, everything is different. This nation is as divided as it can be. We've
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