Cable Hook-Up July 2003
Cable companies has been part of the American home entertainment landscape since the mid-'70s. In this issue, we profile three of them: Discovery Times, TRIO Channel and MTV.
Lauren Lazin began her tenure at MTV in 1992, when she formed the MTV News and Specials Department after having created MTV's longest running
The Visions du Réel Festival ( www.visionsdureel.ch ), held in Nyon, Switzerland, last spring, is stunningly located beside a lake with snow-topped
This spring, The New York Times Company and Discovery Communications, Inc. launched a new venture: Discovery Times Channel. It seems a natural match—
A review of 'Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television,' by Jed Dannenbaum, Carroll Hodge and Doe Mayer.
International travel just as war is breaking out is never a good idea. The day before I was to leave for Cannes I found myself at the IDA's reception
Whether you think that INPUT is a festival for innovative television programs, a workshop for creative television programmers or an extended therapy
I attended the sixth annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina last April, planning on paying special attention to the
Birds in flight and birds in fights. Public power battles in India and Soviet Georgia. American women on welfare and American girls in jail. This
North Carolina is a "right to work" state, which is part of her independent charm for documentary filmmakers, but also her challenge. There are no
Theater begins alone, a seed in the mind of a playwright, nourished by imagination until a script is born. Many caretakers—actors, directors,
Documentary filmmaker Andrew Jarecki knew he had something special with his first feature-length documentary, Capturing the Friedmans , released
It wasn't too long ago when documentary films were relegated to the realm of PBS programming and occasional network specials. The emergence of cable
What would happen if technology stopped in its tracks? If filmmaking's tools of tomorrow were the same as today? It's slightly ironic in the midst of
Editor's note: James Miller, the producer/DP of Beneath the Veil and director/DP of Unholy War , was killed in Israel by Israeli troops while
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Dear IDA Members: I report to you, as I have during the past few springs, from the Cannes Film Festival—and a very different Cannes it is for the
Dear Readers: We profile three cable companies in this issue. Two are relative newcomers—Discovery Times and TRIO Channel-while the third, MTV, is
I was recently with a group of friends when my husband introduced a seemingly simple question: Can you create your list of top ten films of all time