April 15, 2021 Microaggression in the Documentary Business: Who Do You See at the Table? After living in relative captivity for more than a year, sharing our work lives through the flatness of Zoom meetings and events, and talking Read more
May 16, 2018 The End of an Era: 'The Final Year' Captures a Coda to the Obama Years Filmmaker Greg Barker began working as a freelance journalist in news and international conflict for CNN, covering Yugoslavia and issues in the Read more
May 2, 2017 When Movies Go to Washington: Documentary Films & Public Policy in the United States (Volume 1) By Caty Borum Chattoo & Will Jenkins, Center for Media & Social Impact When Movies Go to Washington: Documentary Films & Public Policy in Read more
February 28, 2017 Post-Inauguration Realscreen Summit Highlights Stories from Between the Coasts With the US Presidential Inauguration only a few days earlier, this year's Realscreen Summit was bound to hit on some related topics. After all, as Read more
January 18, 2017 The Unstoppable Future Editor's Note: The following is a keynote address that Marcia Smith of Firelight Media delivered at IDA's Getting Real conference last September. Read more
August 9, 2016 Netanyahu Thwarts New Israeli Public TV Initiative The Israel Broadcasting Authority , the state’s longtime public broadcasting network, was scheduled to close this coming fall, making way for an Read more
February 29, 2008 A World in Czech: Central and Eastern Europe's Elevation of Documentary A look at the documentary community in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on the Czech Republic. Read more
October 31, 2006 MPAA Exposed! Kirby Dick Sticks It to the Ratings System 'The Film Is Not Yet Rated' looks at the NC-17 stigma. Read more
July 31, 2006 Welcome to Docuwood! The State of Nonfiction Filmmaking in Washington, DC Call it "Docuwood," or Hollywood on the Potomac. The nation's capital is booming when it comes to documentaries. Take Discovery Communications in Read more
February 28, 2006 War May Be Hell... ...But Fighting the MPAA Over an 'R' Rating is F*@#in' Lethal Michael Tucker' and Petra Epperlein's 'Gunner Palace' gets an 'R' for language. Read more