April 30, 2006
Lt. Robert Drew and war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Poster for Robert Drew's From Two Men and a War . Photo: Drew Associates Almost 50 years after
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April 1, 2007
Van Oostrum’s doc offers an intimate portrait of George Washington
June 2, 2003
by George Butler In late 1974, I published a book, with writer Charles Gaines, called Pumping Iron: The Art of Bodybuilding . I thought this could be
November 30, 2007
Spotlight on "Harlan County, U.S.A."
The orange-and-black striped ball spins through the air, hovers uncertainly at the net, and in that seemingly endless instant, entire lives hang in
May 31, 2006
There's a moment in Marco Williams' 1992 film, In Search of Our Fathers, that changed my life. I was a photographer when I saw the film. I had just
January 31, 2005
The quest for freedom and the restraints of race are opposing themes that resonate in almost all of Ken Burns' films, from The Civil War to Baseball
July 2, 2003
I was recently with a group of friends when my husband introduced a seemingly simple question: Can you create your list of top ten films of all time
There are countless ways to use the camera and the editing room to get at the truth. But I like best the nonfiction movies that open up the