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...

By Lucia Ricciardelli

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...

By Sara Vizcarrondo

Do You Swear to Re-Enact the Truth? Dramatized Testimony in Documentary Film

The use of re-enactment in documentary is as old...

By Joseph Jon Lanthier

'Cave' Dwelling: The Werner Herzog Interview

'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' opens April 29 through...

By Taylor Segrest

Amazon Gold: Selling Your DVD Via the Behemoth Online Retailer

So you've finally finished your documentary film...

By Nick Spark

F for Faux—and for Fair Use: The Copyright Conundrum of Staged Docs

As primetime television continues to phase out...

By Josh Slates

Where the Truth Lies—Or Not

Parsing Essential Truth and Literal Truth

By Rachel Kamerman

Columns

Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column, Spring 2011

By Rachel Kamerman

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2011

By Tom White

'California' Streamin': New Media Docs Chronicle Local Stories

By Tamara Krinsky

When Docs Go Wild: The Challenges of Nature Filmmaking

By Barry Clark

Chinese Box Set: Dong's Docs on Asians in America Compiled

By Frako Loden

Playback: Terry Zwigoff's 'Crumb'

By Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Anthropologists Behaving Badly: Jose Padilha's 'Secrets of the Tribe' Does Some Digging of Its Own

By Shari Kizirian