“Prince Among Slaves”: Recreating History on a Budget
Prince Among Slaves, which aired in February on PBS as part of public television’s Black History Month programming, is the…
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE No End in Sight (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production Filmmakers: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs The…
Writer’s Strike: A Conclusion
As the Writers Guild of America Strike seems to be finally nearing its end after three months, The Independent offers…
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “51 Birch Street”
About this new column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long…
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sundance
Sundance is growing. More submissions than ever–8,000 for 2008. More screenings. More countries of origin represented in both the feature…
Mastering Archival Footage: How to Find It, When to Use It
Immy Humes is adept at bringing a light touch to dark subject matter as she did in her Oscar-nominated 1991…
Writing a Companion Book to Your Film
An examination of how the Iraq War went so wrong, Charles H. Ferguson’s documentary No End In Sight is by…
Distributor Q&A: Wolfe Releasing
A lot has changed since 1985, when Kathy Wolfe started Wolfe Releasing in order to distribute lesbian films on video. …
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Successful Film: “Divan”
About this new column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long…