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In the era of the Camcorder, we can all put ourselves on television--if it's our own. The challenge these days is to have something to say to a broader community--and [...]

The article offers the author's view on the DocWeek event of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Adelaide, South Australia from February 25, 2013 to March 3, 2013. She mentions its incorporation of public screenings and special sidebars as well as effort in celebrating and widening the influence of art. She also notes its programs which features the best filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus who both produced films for almost 60 years.

The article reports the collaboration of India and Bangladesh to produce a documentary on the 1971 War of Independence of Bangladesh to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding leader of Bangladesh. Other topics addressed include training workshops, exchange programme for officers and exchange of programs between television channels of both the countries.

The article reports on the dismissal Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, New York due to a controversial documentary film concerning childhood vaccines and autism.

This article discusses the documentary "I.O.U.S.A.," which discusses the growth of the U.S. national debt since 2001. The debt is framed in terms of the obligations faced by the Social Security Administration and Medicare. Speculation that this film will raise the political prominence of fiscal responsibility in the U.S. is described.

Call it documentary activism. Louie Psihoyos, the American director of the Oscar-winning movie The Cove--about the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan-was so keen the people of Taiji see his [...]

The importance of loyalty in a filmmaking career is explained considering that this creative attribute is increasingly becoming rare, especially in the field of TV. With loyal production teams, entertainment and meaning can be successfully merged. How loyalty, as an attribute of filmmaking, functioned in the creation of the documentary series 'Jamie's School Dinners' is recounted.

Sonke Gender Justice Network, 2010 This 110-minute 'creative documentary' is taken from lives of men and boys in South Africa, Kenya and Sierra Leone. With its facilitator's guide, the film [...]

Early in American Swing, a 2008 documentary about the Manhattan sex club Plato's Retreat, screenwriter and actor Buck Henry recalls the 'free, third-rate buffet, which I always considered tempting but [...]

KIGALI, Rwanda A documentary has sparked a diplomatic row between the governments of neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, threatening to unravel one of the region's most delicate relationships. The four-part series, [...]

Al Saltiel, marketing president at Navistar International Corp., thought of co-promoting their trucks with Harley-Davidson as his research showed that most truck drivers are also motorcycle enthusiasts. He also decided to make the movie 'Drive and Deliver' to show the lives of truckers. His reinvent and innovate marketing steps are provided.

IT ALL STARTED AS A CHALLENGE. JORDAN COLEMAN, the voice of Tyrone the Moose from Nickelodeon's Emmy award-winning show The Backyardigans, was encouraged by his parents to take some of [...]

'Obsession,' a documentary from the Clarion Fund that represents Israeli pressure groups, encourages Americans to make informed vote in the November 2008 presidential elections. Limited information is available about the group behind the film, which is perceived as a tool to discourage Islamic negotiation. Other details on the film's anti-Islam issues are discussed.

In other IFC news, the org's 'Stranger Than Fiction' documentary series is headed into its eighth season with a slate packed with docus from Toronto. Gotham auds will be able [...]

Documentaries can help people bring about change in the world, as demonstrated by the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth'. Filmanthropy is a new movement which calls for documentary filmakers to consider their works' potential impacts early in the production. The role of documentary filmmakers in changing the world is discussed further.

Conservative author and columnist Ben Stein has worked as a Hollywood screenwriter, an actor and a presidential speech writer. Now he's the host of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a controversial [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SURFWISE, A DOCUMENTARY about the first family of surfing, the Paskowitzes, opened at the Egyptian. "Love really makes the world go round," octogenarian patriarch Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz told […]

Paperback Dreams, a new documentary by San Francisco filmmaker Alex Beckstead, chronicles the history of Bay Area bookstores Cody's Books and Kepler's Books and Magazines, and in doing so, it [...]

Ten percent of the boxoffice receipts for Terry Sanders' documentary 'Fighting for Life' will be donated to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund, which benefits soldiers wounded in Iraq and their [...]