There are certain names that always come to mind when you think of documentary film: John Greerson, Robert Flaherty, Alberto Calvalcante, the Maylses
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A Closer Walk is a $2 million feature-length film about the global AIDS epidemic, scheduled for worldwide release in 2002. As the film nears
During the Berlin Conference of 1885, Europe divided up the African continent, and the Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of
About seven years ago, I saw an article in the Los Angeles Times about a “forgotten colony” of American Civil War-era Confederates in the town of
On September 11 and the days that followed, New York-based documentary filmmakers responded in different ways—some recorded what they saw on video
If you want to be a documentary/nonfiction filmmaker, making your first film is the first step (Note: The term “film” refers to “film and/or video and
Good meeting places are an essential element to successful festivals. In Marseille, France, a harbor-side marquee welcomed visitors to both Sunny Side
I live in New York, and on September 11 I was home, less than 20 blocks from the World Trade Center Towers. I could have watched their undoing in
Last June, visitors to the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival at New York’s Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center were presented with a
The verdict is in: Court TV is a hit. In the past two years, the basic cable channel has seen its availability rise from 40 million homes to 60