June 12, 2020
When was the last time you picked up a book—a historical survey on documentary film, to be more exact—and discovered a page-turner? My guess is, you
Reality Ink
March 7, 2020
From cover to cover, Say What Happened: A Story of Documentaries is, just like its author, Nick Fraser, a class act. Fraser is a formidable presence
October 31, 2019
Documentary film historically has provided a more welcoming and accessible environment for women filmmakers compared to theatrical feature filmmaking
August 22, 2019
ReFocus: The American Directors Series , from Edinburgh University Press, has an admirable mission statement: “The series ignores no director who
July 31, 2019
Science fiction scholars believe that Murray Leinster’s 1945 short story, “First Contact,” was the original use of “First Contact” to represent the
July 24, 2019
At IDA’s 2018 Getting Real Conference, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Firelight Media and A-Docs collaborated on a series of panels entitled #Decolonize Docs
January 24, 2019
In a highly engaging new text, Open Space New Media Documentary: A Toolkit for Theory and Practice , authors Patricia R. Zimmerman and Helen De
October 11, 2018
"Documentary editing is perhaps one of the most challenging intellectual feats on the planet…How does anyone do it?" Author, educator and film editor
August 30, 2018
Joshua Glick's meticulously researched book, Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977 , melds, as its title states, a
April 18, 2018
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