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The Difference Between Moving and Doing

October 06, 2015

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Saaret Yoseph (2015 Fellow), is our guest blogger this month. She has been at work on iEthopia: the Round Trip, which explores the complexity of Ethiopian-American identity. As she is about to tra...

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Review: The Wolfpack and Cinephilia

October 01, 2015

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Is THE WOLFPACK part of an ethnographic documentary tradition that seeks to display the “strange” for spectator enjoyment? Or does it consistently work against this tradition of depicting its main ...

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2016 Documentary Inspiration Awards Wrap-Up

September 30, 2015

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On Tuesday, September 29, 2016, Docs In Progress honored director Marshall Curry and editor Matthew Hamachek at our first ever Documentary Inspiration Awards.  Enthusiastic audience members braved ...

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Is this Idea Too Nutty?

August 08, 2015

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"I realized that the good-natured drama of me negotiating with my daughters was more engaging than any script I could concoct." Bonnie Rich (2015 Fellow) is our guest blogger this month. She has t...

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Ethical Responsibilities of Documentary

July 01, 2015

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"As someone sharing the stories of a community to which I do not belong, I feel a heavy responsibility to portray them with accuracy and dignity." Hanna Stawicki (2015 Fellow) has been thinking a ...

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Roundtable Roundup: Insurance

June 26, 2015

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What kinds of insurance does a documentary filmmaker need for a production company and/or a project? Meghan Shriver from MDP Inc. recently demystified the different kinds of insurance, including ge...

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