In response to Indiewire’s claim that critics favor documentaries, Heather McIntosh offers four more reasons why docs have cachet.
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‘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 »The 2011 Documentary Oscars: My Shortlist
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston proposes an entirely different list of 15 films that could have just as easily been deemed Oscar-worthy.
Continue reading this entry »The Elusive ‘General’ Audience
In a second post in a series on finding an audience for your documentary, Edward J. Delaney looks at how an emphasis on your film’s storyline can help you grow your audience beyond a small core of fans.
Continue reading this entry »Could Documentaries Form the Core of the Cross-Platform Story Revolution?
As audiences come to expect interaction along with media consumption, “old” media is showing documentarians the potential for video as a tent pole in cross-media storytelling.
Continue reading this entry »Finding Depth in Documentary Film
Guest blogger Edward J. Delaney distinguishes between ‘art’ and ‘craft’ in documentary film and singles out James March (Man on Wire, Project Nim) as being as close to an artist as anyone working in the form today.
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Señorita Extraviada
May 22, 2013
7:00 pm
Irvine, California
Phi Lambda Rho is pleased to host their first annual Semana De La Mujer, a week-long event on the University of California, Irvine campus celebrating the complex and unique identity of Latinas. Through a series of events, including a screening of Señorita Extraviada, they hope to inform students about the issues affecting Latina students on campus, as well as issues affecting the Latina/o community as a whole. For more information, call (323) 246-8437.
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