Success Stories

Takoma Park, MD

March 27, 2020

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Eric BondTakoma Park, MD Eric has spent three decades documenting life in and around Takoma Park, Maryland, as the editor of the Takoma Voice (now in hiatus) and as the host of Talk of Takoma on Ta...

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Upper Marlboro, MD

March 27, 2020

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Karen Hardy Upper Marlboro, MD Karen Hardy has spent more than three decades in public service and contributed to key policy development in the Government. Her experience includes serving as a seni...

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Washington, DC

March 27, 2020

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Gabrielle Ewing Washington, DC Gabrielle is an award winning producer and filmmaker who is fiercely passionate about fusing documentary storytelling, cinematic beauty, and hard core journalism. Her...

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Baltimore, MD

March 27, 2020

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Kanika Harris, PhD, MPH Baltimore, MD Kanika is a health equity strategist based in the Washington, DC area. She is a mother, doula and serves as a public health expert for the DC Mayor’s Lactation...

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Silver Spring, MD

March 27, 2020

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Lynn Hughes Silver Spring, MD Lynn is an award-winning producer, writer and director whose career creating media spans more than 20 years.  Her work has aired on networks across the globe, includin...

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Manassas, VA

March 27, 2020

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Shantay RobinsonManassas, VA Shantay is a freelance art writer who has been published in Washington City Paper, Art Papers, Arts ATL, Burnaway, Number, Inc. Afropunk, Black Art in America, and ARTS...

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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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