“[It] was, by turns, quirky and smart, comic and thematically serious, very personal yet highly entertaining, with an auteur’s voice stamped indelibly on every frame. It was pure revelation.”
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The Greatest Documentaries of All Time: Marshall Curry on ‘Sherman’s March’
“When I was first considering taking a leap into the professional abyss of filmmaking, there was one documentary, more than any other, that shouted out, ‘Come on in, the water’s great!’”
Continue reading this entry »The Greatest Documentaries of All Time: Caveh Zahedi on ‘Diaries’
“His film is the hidden source that feeds the river of personal documentary filmmaking.”
Continue reading this entry »‘More Than A Month’ Channels Moore, Spurlock and Woody Allen in Journey to End Black History Month
Edward J. Delaney talks to director Shukree Tilghman about his tongue-in-cheek cross-country campaign (and documentary) to end Black History Month.
Continue reading this entry »Documentary Year in Review Countdown #8: Cinéma Vérité Pioneer Richard “Ricky” Leacock Dies
POV is counting down the top documentary stories of 2011 on New Year’s Eve 2012.
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