January 10, 2018
To create a portrait of an individual—movie producer Robert Evans, say, or musician Kurt Cobain—director Brett Morgen abides by an austere tenet. "I
Archival Storytelling
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January 8, 2018Since American Experience debuted in October 1988, a guiding principle of the PBS series has been a belief that history matters. History can help us
June 28, 2017Editor’s Note: Primary , the epochal vérité masterpiece from four of Drew Associates, captured the behind-the-scenes drama of candidate/US Senator
June 5, 2017Letters from Baghdad , a new feature-length historical documentary that is coming to US theaters on June 2, chronicles the story of a woman who
April 27, 2017Editor's Note: This article comes to us courtesy of the Center for Asian American Media ( CAAM ). Filmmaker Grace Lee uses the medium of documentary
August 28, 2013'Our Nixon' premieres in theaters August 30 through Cinedigm.
July 29, 2013 @A case study of American Revolutionary illustrates the importance of archival footage in telling a full and compelling story.
April 1, 2013From Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl . Courtesy of Historic Adobe Museum It is a well-worn cliché that "a picture is worth a thousand words." Often, there
July 28, 2012Representatives 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.
March 1, 2012'On the Bowery: The Films of Lionel Rogosin Volume I' is just out as a two-DVD set via Milestone Film and Video.