Liz Nord profiles eight of the trailblazing women she’s learned from while making her own transmedia documentary.
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Documentary News
Dear Mandela: A South African Film Finds an American Audience
Dara Kell shares her experience self-distributing the documentary Dear Mandela. The film airs on Black Public Media’s AfroPoP on Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
Continue reading this entry »CNN Films Jumps Into Documentary Fray with Spurlock, Rossi, Bourdain, and More
A look at the new CNN Films banner and some of the documentary and nonfiction programming it will offer.
Continue reading this entry »‘Only the Young’ Boston Premiere with Filmmaker Jason Tippet
Only the Young (POV 2013) has its Boston premiere on Monday, January 28 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. Filmmaker Jason Tippet will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
Continue reading this entry »LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund Deadline This Friday 1/25
Calling New England Filmmakers! Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for projects requesting production and post-production support from the LEF Foundation are due this Friday, January 25 by 5 PM EST.
Continue reading this entry »Kickstarter: Tips from Three Successful 2012 Doc Campaigns
If you’re thinking about fundraising for your documentary on Kickstarter, here are some words of wisdom from three successful campaigns in 2012.
Continue reading this entry »The POV Hackathon 2 Award Winners
Three teams at this weekend’s POV Hackathon 2 walked away with awards for Participants’ Choice, Best Prototype and Best Pitch.
Continue reading this entry »Facebook? Twitter? Help! – Tips and Tricks for Filmmakers on Social Media
It’s a new year. Festivals are gearing up again. And you think, how do I market my film on social media? Here is a list of some evergreen tips to get the ball rolling.
Continue reading this entry »How They Made “The Aatsinki Season”
We asked filmmaker Jessica Oreck and interactive developers Mike Knowlton and Hal Seigel how they generated the ideas that became the interactive project and how they managed their collaboration.
Continue reading this entry »2012: A Documentary Year in Review
Twelve stories from 2012 that inspired, thrilled and surprised us. A recap of the year in documentary news.
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56 Up
December 21, 2013
2:00 pm
Chicago, Illinois
Join the Bezazian Branch of the Chicago Public Library for a free screening of the documentary film 56 Up. There will be a facilitated discussion following the film. For more information, call (312) 744-0019
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