September 27, 2020
What was the first documentary film you saw that shifted something within you? That helped you see an issue differently? Changed your behavior?
Book Reviews
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August 17, 2020The joy of human-to-human dialogue about the creative process is the heart of Pamela Cohn’s book, Lucid Dreaming: Conversations with 29 Filmmakers .
June 12, 2020When was the last time you picked up a book—a historical survey on documentary film, to be more exact—and discovered a page-turner? My guess is, you
March 9, 2020Through a collection of 20 essays written over two decades, Patricia Zimmermann, Professor of Screen Studies at Ithaca College and co-director of the
March 7, 2020From cover to cover, Say What Happened: A Story of Documentaries is, just like its author, Nick Fraser, a class act. Fraser is a formidable presence
December 11, 2019The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama by Scott MacDonald Oxford University Press 2019 In an interview with Austrian documentary filmmaker
October 31, 2019Documentary film historically has provided a more welcoming and accessible environment for women filmmakers compared to theatrical feature filmmaking
August 22, 2019ReFocus: The American Directors Series , from Edinburgh University Press, has an admirable mission statement: “The series ignores no director who
July 31, 2019Science fiction scholars believe that Murray Leinster’s 1945 short story, “First Contact,” was the original use of “First Contact” to represent the
July 24, 2019At IDA’s 2018 Getting Real Conference, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Firelight Media and A-Docs collaborated on a series of panels entitled #Decolonize Docs