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Spring 2011

Is Truth Relative? Spring 2011

We wrestle with a knotty theme that's been part of the conversation about the documentary aesthetic since the beginning of the art form: THE TRUTH.

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Spring 2011

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Features
Disseminating Doubts: Gianfranco Pannone and the Cinema of the Real
Gianfranco Pannone is an Italian documentary...
ByLuciaRicciardelli
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In Pursuit of a Real Moment: Branding, Multi-Media and Record--The Expropriation of Documentary Methods
When watching The King's Speech, a warm, if...
BySaraVizcarrondo
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Do You Swear to Re-Enact the Truth? Dramatized Testimony in Documentary Film
The use of re-enactment in documentary is as old...
ByJoseph JonLanthier
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'Cave' Dwelling: The Werner Herzog Interview
'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' opens April 29 through...
ByTaylorSegrest
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Amazon Gold: Selling Your DVD Via the Behemoth Online Retailer
So you've finally finished your documentary film...
ByNickSpark
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F for Faux—and for Fair Use: The Copyright Conundrum of Staged Docs
As primetime television continues to phase out...
ByJoshSlates
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Where the Truth Lies—Or Not
Parsing Essential Truth and Literal Truth
ByRachelKamerman
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Columns
Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column, Spring 2011
By RachelKamerman
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Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2011
By TomWhite
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'California' Streamin': New Media Docs Chronicle Local Stories
By TamaraKrinsky
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When Docs Go Wild: The Challenges of Nature Filmmaking
By BarryClark
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Chinese Box Set: Dong's Docs on Asians in America Compiled
By FrakoLoden
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Playback: Terry Zwigoff's 'Crumb'
By Scott HamiltonKennedy
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Anthropologists Behaving Badly: Jose Padilha's 'Secrets of the Tribe' Does Some Digging of Its Own
By ShariKizirian
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