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In March 2006, Paula Kerger joined the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as its sixth president and CEO. Prior to her appointment at PBS, Kerger was executive vice president, chief operating officer and a member of the office of the president at the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, the parent company of Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York, two of the nation's largest public television stations. Kerger sat down with Documentary to share her thoughts on the new job, the challenges of fundraising and PBS' place in an iPod world. . What's been the biggest challenge of the job so far? Paula Kerger
When the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) announced its intention last year to pull up its stakes and move westward from Hollywood to Westwood, LAFF devotees were initially skeptical, given the dearth of parking and the cramped quarters of the UCLA-dominated section of LA. But from Day One, the festival planners proved everyone wrong. Los Angeles is famously maligned for lacking a center, and attempts at mobilizing the entire city around a single eventwitness the regrettable Turn of the Millennium celebrationare nearly impossible without the marketing muscle to leverage a full-on, months-long
From Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home The two-part film, which runs three and a half hours, was directed by Martin Scorsese, edited by David Tedeschi and produced by Lacy of Thirteen/WNET New York, Jeff Rosen of Grey Water Park Productions, Nigel Sinclair of Spitfire Pictures and Anthony Wall of BBC's Arena series. The other producing companies include Sikelia Productions, in co-production with Vulcan Productions and NHK. The production will also air on BBC on the same nights. In addition, Paramount Home Entertainment will release the DVD version of the documentary on September 20. And in
Unveiling two of the most prestigious honors in broadcast journalism.
Spike Lee's Katrina epic, 'When the Levees Broke.'
An essay on two favorite docs.
While most of the trades were focused on the Tribeca Film Festival, the documentary industry from Canada, Europe, the US and beyond were gathering for the 13th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival and accompanying Toronto Documentary Forum. Even if there wasn't much buzz stateside, you could hear it emanating from across the Canadian border. The 10-day festival, which ran from April 28 to May 7, presented 101 Canadian and international documentaries to 50,000 revelers--a whopping 25 percent increase in audience attendance from last year. That number doesn't count
'The Ground Truth,' 'The Blood of my Brother' and Iraq in FRagments'
Last August and September, we witnessed the disastrous attack and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The images were so overwhelming, they forced us to think about ourselves and where we would be and what we would do if something like this were to happen to us. Katrina pushed issues of poverty, race and class in our face and stimulated a dialogue of societal responsibility. Nancy Buirski, the founder, CEO and artistic director of Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, wanted to explore the issues that arose from the disaster as a theme at this year's festival. "We usually look for issues that are