May 2, 2003
Berga: Soldiers of Another War is an elegy in two senses. The personal "what might have been" aspect of the story haunted and motivated Charles
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March 3, 2003
When it comes to the important things in life, there's a "first time" only once. I wish I could say I recall the first film I ever saw, but that
February 2, 2003
I was an undergraduate when I saw Mike Rubbo's Sad Song of Yellow Skin and decided to become a documentary filmmaker. I felt as if a truck had
December 1, 2002
I read a front-page article in The New York Times recently that stated that the US is currently buying millions of barrels of oil a year from Iraq.
November 1, 2002
http://www.documentary.org/images/magazine/2002/ValleyTown470_Nov2002.jpg"> In the 1960s, when I had just arrived in New York City, I spent a year
October 1, 2002
Every time I watch The Times of Harvey Milk , directed by Rob Epstein and produced by Richard Schmienchen, I am overcome with emotion. Call me a
September 1, 2002
One night, when I was about 16, living in suburban Long Island, The Weavers: Wasn't That A Time , a 1982 documentary film about the radical folk
July 1, 2002
Picture this: A gregarious, glad-handing Irish pol finds himself in front of a skeptical class of well off, unsmiling high school students. Asked to
May 1, 2002
Before I was a particularly seasoned documentary viewer, I had an epiphany. At the time, I thought it was about documentary in particular, but now I
April 1, 2002
Chris Marker’s Le Joli Mai was made in Paris in 1962, as France’s war with Algeria was finally coming to an end. This seminal work was greatly