February 1, 2002
Although I have produced three live action shorts and two feature films, this is my first documentary, and my first project as a director. Like many
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December 1, 2001In many ways, the making of my documentary My Khmer Heart appears to be the classic “success against all odds” story. One can suffer “survivor guilt
October 1, 2001In April 1997 I went to a screening of Claude Lelouch’s Hommes, Femmes: Mode D’Emploi (Men, Women: A User’s Manual) . Lelouch introduced the film and
June 1, 2001I was in Los Angeles in 1986 opening my first film, Partisans of Vilna , when I had heard on the radio that Hank Greenberg, the Hall of Fame baseball
May 1, 2001As a television news reporter and anchor for the past 23 years, I’ve always been conscious of the need to try to maintain a neutral, unbiased and
February 1, 2001Editor’s Note—Sometimes inspiration comes from the most unlikely sources—a plastic bag floating through a plaza, a little girl climbing up a tree to
December 1, 2000“We spend 12 years in school learning the language of the written word, but no time on the language of the visual image,” filmmaker Jennifer Fox
December 1, 2000Editor's Note: What are you doing New Year's Eve? Well, if you're Daniel Kaven, you do the sensible thing: Contact, via e-mail, seven filmmakers from- November 1, 2000Editor’s note—This issue, we introduce a pilot feature, “Tales from the Trenches,” in which we invite an IDA member to share with fellow filmmakers a
April 1, 2000Documentary filmmakers, in their attempt to grab and hold viewer attention in a competitive environment, sometimes resort to sensationalizing their