Summer 2016

#DocsSoWhite: A Personal Reflection Summer 2016

This essay is a personal reflection on diversity and independent filmmaking, what lessons we can learn from the past, and the realities we live with today as filmmakers of color. It is a complicated picture that I'm nowhere close to figuring out.

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Features

Feature | Summer 2016

Revaluing the Black Body: Changing the Visual Narrative Through Family Photographs

By Thomas Allen Harris

Field Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Feature | Summer 2016

Keep Calm & Carry On the Struggle for Media Diversity: An English Docmaker's Lament

By Mike Todd

UK Media Business

Feature | Summer 2016

Navigating the River: The Hidden Colonialism of Documentary

By Edwin Martinez

Ethics Field Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Columns

Column | Summer 2016

Bruce Weber's 'Let's Get Lost'

By Sam Pollard

Playback Music Documentaries

Column | Summer 2016

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, Summer 2016

By Marjan Safinia

Notes from the Reel World

Column | Summer 2016

Documentary and the Law

By Jack Lerner

Legal FAQ

Column | Summer 2016

Women Who Shoot: More Cinematography Opportunities in Docs

By Cynthia Close

Reality Ink Book Reviews

Column | Summer 2016

The Brooks Institute Focuses on Documentary Photography

By Frako Loden

Education Documentary photography Doc University

Column | Summer 2016

When the Abusers Are Abused: 'Pervert Park' and the Punishment of Sex Offenders

By Michael Galinsky

Actuality on the Air Docs about Mental Health Social Issue Docs

Column | Summer 2016

Autistic License: Disney Animation Treats the Disorder

By Addie Morfoot

Animation

Column | Summer 2016

Doc Ethics: Let Core Values Drive Your Decisions

By Gordon Quinn

Ethics Directing