filmmaking
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FILMMAKING PRACTICE: Informed Consent: Must or Myth?
Informed consent is considered a standard requirement when filming people for a documentary. However reasonable the idea, in reality the consent is not always obtained.
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FREDERIC WISEMAN: Filmmaking Keeps Me off the Street
Frederick Wiseman is still captivating his audience with his long observations of institutions and the people within them
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DOCAGORA 2007: Dead Ducks and Digital Dust
DocAgora events promise to be at the forefront when it comes to talking about the digital future of documentaries
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CINEMA DU REEL 2007: Far from Hollywood
The social profile is strong at Cinéma du réel, which for the 29th time offered cinematically strong pieces of reality from around the world
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NORMA PERCY: The Decisive Moment
Norma Percy is the woman behind Brook Lapping’s highly acclaimed documentary series about recent political history, including “The Death of Yugoslavia” and “Israel & the Arabs: Elusive Peace”
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Suburban sprawl and the Moss family’s life in the suburbs
At first glance, Gary Burns and Jim Brown’s “Radiant City” might seem more like a mockumentary than a documentary
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ANAND PATWARDHAN: The “Eye” instead of “I”
Anand Patwardhan (born 18 February 1950) is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights oriented films
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DEMOCRACY PROJECT: An Interesting, Nerve-racking Experiment
The prestigious Democracy Project was launched more than two years ago and has been heavily promoted at documentary events around the world. The project since then has been in the dark for a while
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SHORT DOCS: Real Stories from 3 to 40 Minutes
The short documentary is often constructed around a narrative quite different from the longer documentaries.