March 30, 2017 Drawing the Line: Jedd and Todd Wider Examine Civil Liberties of the Mentally Ill in 'God Knows Where I Am' For over 16 years, veteran producers Jedd and Todd Wider have proven their mettle in the documentary film community. Together, the brothers have Read more
March 7, 2017 Medium As Message: Documentary at International Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) might not be the obvious place to go in search of documentary filmmaking. Doc-focused cousin Read more
March 2, 2017 The IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund: Where Journalism and Filmmaking Meet In the months leading up to the launch of the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund , we couldn't have anticipated the national public debate that would Read more
February 10, 2017 Requiem for a Yippie: "Left on Purpose" Shifts from Portrait to Last Will and Testament When director Justin Schein began making a film about the aging political activist and colorful Greenwich Village mainstay Mayer Vishner, he was Read more
September 13, 2016 The Truth Is Deceitful: 'Author' Tells a Story about a Story In the ninth grade, punk rock was writer-musician Laura Albert's salvation. Punk would also become part of the reason she would trust documentarian Read more
September 7, 2016 Bridging the Credibility Gap - Drawing the Line on Manipulation in Documentary " Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth … The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies. " - Read more
July 19, 2016 Navigating the River: The Hidden Colonialism of Documentary Crossing the Anacostia River back toward Northwest Washington, DC, tails between our legs, I thought, "Pick-up shoots are supposed to be easy." We'd Read more
June 15, 2016 Doc Ethics: Let Core Values Drive Your Decisions Editor's Note: Kartemquin Films has been celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the celebration culminates June 24 in Chicago, with the 50th Read more
May 17, 2016 Whose Film Is It, Anyway? The Trusted Exchange between Filmmaker and Subject By Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan We're starting a new documentary project, which means we're having that key early conversation with the people we Read more
January 20, 2016 The Quandary of the Unreliable Narrator Navigating ethical challenges comes with the territory when making documentary films. I am endlessly fascinated by the ethical choices we face, Read more