March / April 2007

From the Field to the Red Carpet Mar/Apr 2007

In this issue, we examine, through various players in the documentary community, the
process and cost of qualifying one's documentary for Academy Award consideration.

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Features

Feature | March / April 2007

What's Up, Doc? Cass Warner Chronicles Her Legendary Hollywood Family

By Tamara Krinsky

Book Reviews

Feature | March / April 2007

Festival Focus: Jihlava International Festival of Documentary Films

By Gabriel Paletz

Festivals

Feature | March / April 2007

Festival Focus: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

By Agnes Varnum

Festivals

Feature | March / April 2007

Who Needs Sleep? Insomnia as Inspiration in Alan Berliner's 'Wide Awake'

By Kathy McDonald

Feature | March / April 2007

In My Own Defense: How Documentary Filmmaking Drove Me Insane, Part Two

By Christine Fugate

Distribution

Feature | March / April 2007

The Trouble with Oscar: Do New Academy Qualifying Rules for Documentary Help or Hurt?

By Tom White

Awards

Feature | March / April 2007

America's First Freedom Fighter

By Bob Fisher

Playback

Columns

Column | March / April 2007

The Fourth Screen: Sundance Launches Mobile Initiative

By Tamara Krinsky

Festivals

Column | March / April 2007

Martin Bell's 'Streetwise'

By Rachel Grady

Playback

Column | March / April 2007

From Russia with Passion: Memoirs of a Soviet Filmmaker

By Tom Powers

Book Reviews Reality Ink

Column | March / April 2007

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, March-April 2007

By Tom White

Fast Foreword

Column | March / April 2007

Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column, March-April 2007

By diane estelle Vicari

Notes from the Reel World