September 24, 2021
"From Pre-Pandemic Flashback to Post-Pandemic Visions of Documentary Distribution" was the long and winding title of a thankfully succinct, nuts-and-
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September 22, 2021This is a tale of taking our old films and meeting the brave new world of distribution. A lot of ingenuity is called for to keep our films before the
September 15, 2021Letting Amazon buy MGM studios would be bad for independent filmmakers, and the people who love their films. It could make today’s bad situation
March 2, 2021Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story was unceremoniously removed from Amazon Prime two weeks ago, one of many independent films vanquished by The
December 23, 2020Even before Working Films had a name, its founders, Robert West and Judith Helfand, knew what the organization would stand for and do. “Filmworks [as
November 11, 2020Director Zeshawn Ali and producer Aman Ali premiered their first feature-length documentary Two Gods at Hot Docs in June in the midst of a global
June 10, 2020By Steven Beer, Neil Rosini & Julie Angell How can geoblocking impact the video-on-demand marketplace? Geoblocking technology restricts access to
June 3, 2020It was March 12. I remember sitting in my home office looking at the bulletin board filled with the spring/summer tour schedule for my latest
September 27, 2019It’s been a year since 93Queen ' s theatrical release and subsequent POV broadcast. As the successful chaos of the release quiets, I am developing a
September 18, 2019Who Will Write Our History , a documentary about a group of heroic spiritual resisters in the Warsaw Ghetto who wrote and buried eye-witness accounts