Ask the Documentary Doctor
Dear Doc Doctor: Is a short film the obligatory starting point of a filmmaking career? If so, what can I…
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The FCC Showdown
On October 22, 2003, the FCC held a hearing on localism in Charlotte, NC. FCC chairman Michael Powell probably wished…
Digital Intermediates
Your next film probably won’t be digitally mastered. But the one after that probably will be. That’s how fast the…
48 Hour Picture People
At 7:00 p.m. on a Friday night, more than twenty teams of filmmakers gather at a local film center or…
“What I Want My Words to Do to You” Voices of Women in Maximum Security Prison
The documentary, What I Want My Words to Do to You, tracks a writing group led by playwright/activist Eve Ensler,…
The View from the Whitney
Chrissie Iles is the curator of film and video at the Whitney Museum of American Art and has been curating…
Two Steps Back
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to loosen media ownership laws, allowing one company to own television stations that reach…
Counter-Currents and the Joy Quotient
The label “experimental” has been troubling me for a while now. For too many people, the word only conjures up…