Veteran documentarian DA Pennebaker is fond of drawing analogies between film and video. In the 1930s, he recalls, filmmakers told their stories with
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Editor's Note: This is a condensed, revised and updated version of an article on documentary production training that appeared in the November 2001
"Diverse. Innovative. Smart." These are the three words Independent Television Service (ITVS) executive director Sally Jo Fifer uses to describe the
The National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent government agency that was created in 1950 by an act of the US Congress, funds research and
Fangs, claws, dripping blood and sex scenes...No, it's not a drive-in monster movie from the '50s; it's probably a PBS wildlife special, the kind of
"It is important to make the primary distinction between a method which describes only the surface values of a subject, and the method which more
Deep-Dive Docs: Cameron's and MacGillivray's New Underwater Films Go Where No Camera Has Gone Before
This spring, two new documentaries bring to large format screens some of the most remarkable underwater images ever captured. On February 14, IMAX
The International Documentary FilmFestival Amsterdam, (IDFA,) at 15 years old, has become the major annual event for European documentary filmmakers
Groundbreaking documentaries and animation shorts... over 4,000 awards in countless festivals, including ten Oscars and five Palmes d'or at Cannes
At this year's DOCtober, 19 of the 21 films screened were shot on Digital Video (DV) and blown up to film. At the recent AFI Fest, 11 of the 12 docs