On The Scene
In the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown at the Radisson Miyako Hotel, a roomful of filmmakers and community activists celebrated…
Articles
Witness to Change
System Failure: Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the California Youth Authority has all the elements you’ve come to expect from…
Production Journal
In October of 2000, my then 20-year-old brother Jonathan was sent to the oncology unit of Massachusetts General Hospital from…
The Short Story at Sundance
Watching 2,000 short films in four months isn’t something you take on in your free time. It requires a finely…
I’m short of footage. Way short.
Dear Doc Doctor: I’m in my first week of editing, and I have this horrible feeling that my 100 hours…
Kara Walker at REDCAT
At the opening reception for Kara Walker’s multimedia project “Song of the South” at downtown LA’s REDCAT Gallery, the artist…
The Anywhere Effect
A couple of years ago, I decided to take a break from New York, and headed out to Tempe, Arizona…
The Many Meanings of “Fair Use”
So your documentary has commercial interest and high revenue earning potential. And you’ve secured all of the agreements, releases, and…
Docurama on the Rise
At the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Steve Savage and Susan Margolin, the two minds behind New Video, a New York-based…