4 Groundbreaking Documentary Films to Note
Most of us consume quite a lot of TV and Netflix, and we tend to think of cinema as a means of entertainment. But the visual storytelling medium of film is…
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June 30, 2017 | Industry Trends
April 28, 2017 | Industry Trends
How Netflix Documentaries Are Changing the Industry
It’s hard to imagine that almost 20 years ago, you could find a red envelope nestled in the depths of your mailbox. There’s a chance you’d rip open the small…
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March 31, 2017 | Industry Trends
HBO Documentaries: Which Ones Make the Cut?
HBO is known for their premium television shows like “Game of Thrones,” “Boardwalk Empire,” and “True Blood.” But the network has also produced some riveting and chilling documentaries. HBO produces…
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March 24, 2017 | Industry Trends
5 Social Justice Documentaries to Watch on Netflix
Whether you call it the Civil Rights Movement of the millennial generation or however you prefer to phrase it, there’s no denying that the world is politically tumultuous at present,…
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November 29, 2016 | Industry Trends
Are Food Documentaries Changing the Food Industry?
While the purpose of a documentary film can vary, most documentaries are made with the intention of promoting one thing: change. By uncovering hidden truths and enlightening viewers with valuable…
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October 1, 2016 | Industry Trends
Change the World: 5 Documentaries That Made a Difference (for Better or Worse)
To change the world is a big goal, and yet documentary film can sometimes bring this goal within reach. One of the greatest strengths of the medium of documentary filmmaking is…
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December 11, 2015 | Industry Trends
7 Of The Best (And Most Disturbing) War Documentaries
Perhaps as an unfortunate reflection of the times, the theater of war has been the focus of some excellent (if harrowing) fictional movies in recent years, as well as some…
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November 20, 2015 | Industry Trends
Cinéma Vérité Vs. Direct Cinema: An Introduction
From its very beginnings in 1877 when Eadweard Muybridge took sequential photographs of moving horses and animated them with the zoópraxiscope—a device he invented two years later to project the…
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November 12, 2015 | Industry Trends
The Best Documentaries: The Films Of Jehane Noujaim
Although female names among the incessant list of filmmakers in a male-dominated industry seem as scarce as hen’s teeth, there are quite a few females in the documentary filmmaking…
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