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Fall 2020 Newsletter

September 28, 2020

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  From the Executive Director Dear Friends of Docs In Progress, It is hard to believe that it was March when Docs had to close its physical doors due to the CoVid Pandemic. Over these past many m...

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Announcing our new Filmmaker-in-Residence

September 24, 2020

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Docs In Progress is pleased to announce Jan Krawitz, independent filmmaker and professor at Stanford University as this year’s Filmmaker-In-Residence. In a nod to Covid-19, this year we liken it t...

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Docs In Progress Receives 2020 NEA Grant

June 11, 2020

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The National Endowment for the Arts announced more than $84 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2020. Docs In Progress is pleased to...

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June 2020 Newsletter

June 11, 2020

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  From the Executive Director Docs In Progress has always stood for equality for all. We have been witness to the gravest of injustices  ̶  the death of George Floyd  ̶  and the subsequent outpo...

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Meet the 2020 Docs in Progress Fellows

March 27, 2020

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Docs In Progress is elated to announce our 2020 Fellows. Now in its eighth year, the Docs In Progress Fellowship provides selected filmmakers from across the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia area mo...

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Summer 2019 Newsletter

August 01, 2019

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Summer is popping at our new space. AFI DOCS focuses on localism. Community Stories Festival is looking for submissions. Plus news from alums, upcoming funding deadlines, hot reads, and more...

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Getting Close Means Getting Lean

July 27, 2019

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Want to get close to your documentary subjects? Dispense with all the bells and whistles. This the focus of a new book from filmmaker Rustin Thompson. We asked him to give us the highlights.

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