The Whole World's a Stage Sep/Oct 2005
We look at how an educational context is utilized in innovative ways--whether for documentary purposes or as the subject for documentary exploration.
In recent years, Asian-American cinema has enjoyed a mini-boom, with both dramatic films and documentaries by and about Asian-Americans earning big
Back in the good old days, productions were like families. People joined together with a common goal--to make a film--and they worked hard to make
I first saw Ricky Leacock and Joyce Chopra's Happy Mother's Day in 1964 as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. It showed me the direction- Doc Talk Radio offers a unique opportunity for documentarians to get the word out about their films. The program, co-hosted by DJs Arne Johnson and
New to documentaries? After this summer's slate of high profile doc releases like Rize , Mad Hot Ballroom and Murderball , many cineastes are finding
We are pulling this article from the archive to promote our upcoming Doc U: Shooting Overseas: Making Your Doc on Foreign Soil at the AFCI Locations
In July 2002, John and Janet Pierson and their two children packed their bags and moved to Taveuni, a remote Fijian island. Eleven months later, they- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church wasn't your typical venue for a screening of short student documentaries. Then again, the East Austin Stories
As independent documentary filmmakers go, I am a lucky man. Consider, for example, my latest project for the European TV Channel ZDF/ARTE: I was
September means back to school, and MTVN's Logo and the Sundance Channel are no exception. TransGeneration , which premieres September 20 on the
Amidst the announcement of the line-up of the 58th Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux, the event's artistic director, used ambiguous language to
The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, launched in 1955 by Frances Flaherty, four years after the passing of her legendary husband, has for the past 50
It took Susan Lacy over a decade of dogged pursuit, but on September 26 and 27, she will finally realize her dream when PBS airs No Direction Home:
State penitentiaries and inner-city schools are not usually the first venues that come to mind when one thinks about going to see moving productions- On DocuWeek 2005...
Dear Readers, September means renewal--returning from a summer vacation or retreat, launching a new season, going back to school. While this issue is