October 14, 2021
It is no secret that documentary filmmaking has a complicated legacy when it comes to supporting the survivors of gender-based violence. Even with
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September 8, 2021*/ By Marissa Woods and Patricia Aufderheide The need for journalism about documentary filmmaking has never been greater. But this work is
May 11, 2021Documentary filmmaking, like other forms of investigative journalism, relies on sources and subjects who are willing to speak candidly and provide
April 29, 2021A Love Song for Latasha , the Academy Award-nominated short from Sophia Nahli Allison, opens with the rewind of a VCR tape image, a slow breath of
October 21, 2020The issue of ethics has driven the documentary field in various ways and in various degrees of emphases and urgency since the beginnings of the art
October 2, 2020On Day 3 of Getting Real ‘20 , we joined the breakout session “ Counteracting Extractive Storytelling In The American South And In Global Communities
April 27, 2020As a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, I was required to take a class on law and ethics (students still are). As a
September 27, 2019Editor’s Note: Filmmaker Lisa Valencia-Svensson was invited to deliver a keynote address at Hot Docs this past spring. What follows is an abbreviated
March 29, 2019If news media is to be believed, America is currently besieged by a state of nearly intractable divisiveness that some believe may be signaling the
January 31, 2019Editor’s Note: Chi-hui Yang is program officer at Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative . What follows is an edited version of his keynote address