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In July, acclaimed Indian-born filmmaker Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Mississippi Masala) unveiled her latest project: a film lab for aspiring…
I am white and alone in a darkened room at night with over four hundred Dominicans in New York City….
For filmmakers, being experimental isn’t as easy as it used to be. Fifty years ago, tossing aside Hollywood’s conventions of…
It seems you can’t turn around these days without hearing people moan about the high cost of health insurance. Whether…
Many might say the past few years have been good ones for independent filmmakers, largely because digital filmmaking has made…
There’s a phenomenon afoot that is increasingly evident this year—at Sundance, Real Screen, and beyond. Let’s call it producer fatigue;…
Filmmakers are often touted for their “vision”—their singular sense of how a movie should look, sound, and feel. But every…
Dear Doc Doctor: Is a short film the obligatory starting point of a filmmaking career? If so, what can I…
On October 22, 2003, the FCC held a hearing on localism in Charlotte, NC. FCC chairman Michael Powell probably wished…