June 08, 2012
by Erica Ginsberg, Docs In Progress Executive Director Can you believe this is the 10th anniversary of Silverdocs? We may think of this as our neighborhood film festival, since the main venues ar...
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April 08, 2012
For those of you who may not be documentary filmmakers (or even for those of you who are), you may not be aware of a recent decision PBS made which has the potential to impact independent documenta...
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April 02, 2012
Some crowdfunding quick tips from Docs In Progress Treasurer Kiley Kraskouskas of Thinking Forward Media and Docs In Progress Executive Director Erica Ginsberg.
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February 08, 2012
Docs In Progress welcomes guest bloggers from time to time who provide perspectives on different aspects of documentary filmmaking. Today we are pleased to feature Andrew Zinnes, co-author of the...
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January 04, 2012
Fiscal sponsorship is something that many documentary filmmakers seek out so they can raise grant funds which are only given to nonprofits and are able to accept contributions from donors who want ...
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December 01, 2011
What do you think of when you hear the term “elementary?” Does it have a negative connotation, as though it means something too basic, simple, or easy? Does it take you back to the carefree days of...
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November 28, 2011
At one time, the door to documentary filmmaking was very heavy. You had to go to film school and then apprentice under someone for a long time. Cameras, editing systems, film, and film processing...
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November 25, 2011
And nope we don’t mean the midnight Black Friday Sales. Rather, we mean getting an early start on the giving season. This year, why not give to Docs In Progress? We recently kicked off a new fund...
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October 10, 2011
Every summer, Docs In Progress gives an opportunity for our summer intern to write an article of interest to the Docs In Progress community. This year, Fay Gartenberg examined the question of how ...
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July 18, 2011
This year, in addition to the dispatches from Matt Radcliff and tweets from Erica Ginsberg, Docs In Progress reached out to many of our program alumni to get a sampling of the word on the street ab...
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