November 20, 2020
“When you are a member of a marginalized community, most film and television is not made with you in mind. And so, if you are a person of color, an
Getting Real
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November 13, 2020I attended my first conference in yoga pants and a t-shirt with snacks and a coffee mug on my desk, a cat and dog, and stretch breaks whenever I wanted.
October 28, 2020 @The co-director of Outcry and Whisper, Zeng Jinyan, discusses how women breakthrough systems that erase humanity. She explores the concept that dignity shines in vulnerability. Zeng wrote the script for the animation short A Poem to Liu Xia (Trish McAdam 2015), and...
October 26, 2020It’s been more than nine months since the deadly movement of COVID-19 from China to North America and Europe—and nearly every other continent—utterly
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 7, 2020 @Detroit Narrative Agency reflects on the process of transitioning from white to Black organizational leadership and the impact of that shift on their work and their community.
October 7, 2020 @In this moment of increasing monopolization by commercial networks and distributors, what lessons can today’s filmmakers learn from the economic, political, and social conditions that brought about public media in the 1960s and ITVS in the 1980s? This panel brought together filmmakers and public...
October 7, 2020 @Documentary editors discuss their editing process and how filmmakers could apply a better understanding of intersectionality and the importance of inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
October 7, 2020 @A longstanding prominent aspect of non-fiction storytelling has been the interview, which at its heart is about connection. From a framed face speaking to the camera to a more vérité intimate exchange, the dialogue beween the filmmaker and interviewee contributes greatly to the voice of the film...
October 5, 2020Although the documentary form can take shape in reenactment, animation or other mediums, storytelling through participant interviews continues to command the craft.