Amalgam, combination, composite and compound are synonyms for hybrid. The identification of something by classification is as a way of understanding
40 Years of Docs
Fangs, claws, dripping blood and sex scenes...No, it's not a drive-in monster movie from the '50s; it's probably a PBS wildlife special, the kind of
Remember CNN when it was born? The networks called it the "Chicken Noodle Network." But it was a revolution that changed news forever. Back then, the
When Bob Dylan met DA Pennebaker in 1965, the singer/songwriter had earned acclaim as the forerunner of the folk genre, with four groundbreaking
Editor's Note: Welcome to "Playback," a new feature in which we invite a documentary filmmaker to reflect on one documentary that had special meaning
The 16th Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival celebrated its spiritely age with documentaries of all sizes, shapes and sensibilities
POV celebrates its tenth anniversary season this summer, and in an era of frequent attacks on alternative viewpoints, few would have expected the
It's not often that you'll see documentarians outnumbering feature film types in the heart of Hollywood, but that's what happened when some 600
This October, Turner Broadcasting climaxes a company-wide initiative focusing on Native Americans with a comprehensive documentary presentation, The
When Ken Burns' monumental documentary miniseries The Civil War aired on PBS in 1990, no one anticipated the massive popularity and unanimous