In some ways it's difficult to imagine what America was like before 1971. Communism had been represented for decades in the media as an Orwellian hell
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Back in 2001, filmmaker Allison Berg thought she was prepared. She was in the process of editing her first documentary film, Witches in Exile, when a
The 33rd CAAMFest—the Center for Asian American Media’s Asian-American film festival—has wrapped after 10 days of cinema, food and music in San
At SXSW, documentaries are a big feature of the film component, as SXSW itself metastasizes from a one-time tripartite festival (films, tech, music)
Sebastião Salgado, the subject of Wim Wenders’ latest documentary, The Salt of the Earth, has earned formidable renown for his photography projects
As we all know, documentaries are a labor of love—sometimes a long labor of a whole lotta love. And given the circumstances, some docs test our
While the Sundance Film Festival has earned its renown as a haven for discoveries and a launch pad for careers, its panels and discussions merit an
If it's a blustery and snowy January week in Washington, DC, then the annual Realscreen Summit must be in town. But the threat of a blizzard didn't
Filmmaker Ross Kauffman has worked in the film industry for more than two decades. His directing credits include the Academy Award-winning Born Into
This year’s GETTING REAL conference fell at an introspective and ripe time in my life as a documentary filmmaker. For most of my career, I have felt