June 30, 2020
Cutting Class is a new column that focuses on a specific aspect of the post-production process—breaking down a scene editorially, and delving into
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June 14, 2020Documentaries aren’t solely about issues. “One problem filmmakers come across is, ‘Here’s an issue I care about. I’m going to talk to a bunch of
June 5, 2020During this historic time, many of you are using your cameras to witness and capture unfolding events in hostile environments. Reporting in the US on
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
March 6, 2020Subpoenas demanding that documentary filmmakers reveal confidential sources, or disclose their outtakes, notes or other unpublished work product pose
February 5, 2020When IDA launched the Enterprise Documentary Fund at Sundance 2017, the festival coincided with the Women's March and Trump's inauguration. The
November 16, 2019We most often associate the radical activism of the 1960s and 1970s with people of color, students, women and veterans organizing to make systemic
July 24, 2019Investigative documentary filmmaking is at its best when it’s telling difficult, controversial and even dangerous stories that push boundaries and
July 8, 2019Journalism works to hold the powerful accountable, whether it is public officials or private corporations, provoking a public reckoning with
July 5, 2019By Bruce D. Brown and Simon Kilmurry In August, as many as 100 officers from the Durham Constabulary in England and the Police Service of Northern