It was a familiar scene. The teacher would thread the projector, hit the switch and dim the lights. A flickering image of a dung beetle or herd of
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The natural history genre occupies a niche that is located somewhere between the nonfiction (reportage) genre and the dramatic (storytelling) genre
When Bob Dylan met DA Pennebaker in 1965, the singer/songwriter had earned acclaim as the forerunner of the folk genre, with four groundbreaking
A long line of impatient movie-goers stretches around the corner and down a residential street in the heart of Toronto’s Little Italy on a warm spring
It’s opening night at the Laemmle Theatre in Los Angeles, the world premiere of your new film. You’ve done everything you can to ensure a successful
As a celebrated filmmaker once said, “The difference between watching a film on television and seeing it on a 40-foot movie screen is the difference
Just as writers write for an audience, producers produce with the hope that as many people as possible will watch their shows. To this end
Two years ago, radio artist Ira Glass observed, “Documentary is like soccer and world music: a phenomenon perpetually waiting to happen. People are
Every good documentary has its own compelling story, concept and point of view. Writing documentaries on historical subjects carries an additional
With Jack, it was a friendship that went back over 40 years. I had been working as an independent film researcher in New York when David Wolper