Documentaries on the Campaign Trail Fall 2008
In this issue, we take stock of the role that documentary filmmakers have played in the presidential election campaign.
Features
Straight Outta Laos: 'The Betrayal' ('Nerakhoon') Chronicles the Journey of Political Refugees
Eloquent and poetic yet devastatingly real, The...
Reality Candidates: Documentaries on the Campaign Trail
There's a scene in Robert Penn Warren's All the...
Men of the White House: Presidential Profiles Highlight 'American Experience's 20th Year
As American Experience celebrates its 20th...
'Hope' Springs Eternal...Or at Least for This Election Year
A look back at The Man from Hope
JFK Redux: Robert Drew's 'President to Remember'
'A President to Remember: In the Company of John...
Remembering RFK: SilverDocs Holds 40th Anniversary Screening of Guggenheim Documentary
There is a lesson to be learned from Charles...
Barack Around the Clock: Obama Docs Abound
The interest and excitement generated by Barack...
Getting Down with the 'Boogie Man': A Nonpartisan Look at Lee Atwater
By Taylor Segrest Regardless of your party...
A Well-Tuned Arts Engine: Celebrating 10 Years of Social-Issue Documentaries
It was a brisk February night in Brooklyn, and,...
Politics and Poetics: A Brief History of Argentine Documentary Cinema
Fernando Birri, the founder of modern Argentine--...