Reenactments have been a part of documentary since the very beginning of the form: Robert Flaherty's seminal 1922 film Nanook of the North, arguably
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Alain Resnais said about Night and Fog, "I want to address the viewer in a critical state…to create a space for contemplation." In the Getting Real
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Getting Real 2018 used complementary sessions to examine documentaries as tools for public knowledge and action as well as the policies, best
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Click Here For Full Report The State of the Documentary Field initiative was shaped by the Center for Media & Social Impact, in collaboration with
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For the past 40 years, Icarus Films has been Jonathan Miller's vehicle for showing films that may not have found an audience any other way. If you