“We probably shouldn’t hire you,” the co-bureau chief said near the end of our interview. I couldn’t argue as she went through the reasons — I was new to the continent and South Africa and didn’t speak any of the … Read more
A new report on the threats documentary filmmakers face when they challenge powerful interests recommends steps filmmakers can take to protect themselves and their work. “Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when Telling Truth to Power,” released Feb. 19 by American University’s … Read more
Robert Drew, NF ’55, whose 1960 documentary about John F. Kennedy, “Primary,” is regarded as the start of American cinéma vérité, died July 30 at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. He was 90. Drew, a former correspondent and editor … Read more
There should be a recovery group for what I am: an author of nonfiction books, born in the 1970s. Yet I received shared Emmy and National Magazine Award nominations in multimedia this year. How so? It started with a … Read more
As a producer of social documentary projects—viewed on digital platforms—Brian Storm talks about the excitement of doing journalism in this way, at this time. Read more
In filming ‘Secrecy,’ the challenge wasn’t access, but finding the best ways to make what is usually hidden from view visible, personal and approachable. Read more
Filmmakers decide that, to illuminate the complexities and subtleties of Lebanon's politico-religious tapestry, they had to claim the audience's attention through engaging characters and fast-paced visual units. Read more
‘… it remains the job of journalists to do more than report the “stuff” that happens or bring to the public the “first rough draft of history.”’ Read more
When news stations in Georgia refused to broadcast an investigative report about a high government official’s actions, the news story found a home on the Internet. Read more
