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Representatives from two different archives and a filmmaking team spoke to a crowded house at The Cinefamily about how and where to start looking for archival footage.
Filmmakers and film commissioners spoke to the AFCI Locations Show about shooting on foreign soil.
After a major victory was won at PBS, Doc U panelists discuss what's next for public broadcasting.
On Wednesday, April 18, Caroline Libresco, Senior Programmer at the Sundance Film Festival, moderated a discussion with filmmakers Ondi Timoner and Marina Zenovich, whose documentary work not only delivers a powerful message, but also storytelling impact through visual imagery.
A detailed recap of our recent all-business event in Los Angeles, complete with photos!
Detailed recap of our recent event in Los Angeles about the little gold man and his future.
Our last Doc U seminar of the year focused on the art of the interview.
Special Correspondent Deepthi Welaratna covered this Doc U seminar at POV in Brooklyn
Doc U's first stop in Washington, DC asked if your doc can really change the world.
"The media is owned by three people. A lot of stories aren’t covered. I think documentary makers are amongst the last bastion of independent reporting. It’s harder and harder to do what we do." - Joe Berlinger On Monday, October 17, documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger ( Crude, Brother's Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) met members of the documentary community at Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater to watch his most recent film, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory. This three-part documentary series is unique to the genre - it revisits its subjects year down the road, turning from an