How Far We’ve Come
In 1988, 19-year-old Joanna Katz and her friend were abducted at gunpoint by five men who took turns raping, beating,…
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Making it on public TV
Dear Doc Doctor: How can I get my work onto public television? There are many doors into the labyrinthine world…
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I recognize Ryanne Hodson as soon as I enter the Lower East Side café—even though I’ve never met her before….
Is it okay to bring my kids to along when I’m shooting?
Dear Doc Doctor: I’m a cinematographer, and I just found out that I’m pregnant. Should I tell people? I can’t…
Her Brand of Filmmaking
Rachel Boynton produced, directed, co-edited, and recorded sound on her documentary feature Our Brand Is Crisis, a riveting political thriller…
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…