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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March 24, 2017 | Industry Trends
February 18, 2017 | Documentary Filmmaking
A Q&A With NYFA LA’s Chair of Documentary Filmmaking Barbara Multer-Wellin
Chair of Documentary Barbara Multer-Wellin recently sat down with NYFA reporter Joelle Smith to discuss the current state of non-fiction media content, her long love of filmmaking, and why Los…
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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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November 26, 2016 | How To's
How to Prepare and Conduct a Documentary Interview
You’ve got the story of the century and some great subjects willing to bare all on camera. It’s a one-time opportunity to make some great documentary footage, so here’s how…
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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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November 11, 2015 | Industry Trends
The Best Documentaries: The Films Of Werner Herzog
If there’s ever a documentarian that hires cast and crewmembers whose endurance levels match their professional skills, it’s German filmmaker, Werner Herzog. Born on September 5, 1942 in post-World War…
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