This month, DFP Director Cara Mertes looks back at the Documentary Film Program over the last decade, and how it is evolving as a global resource for contemporary documentary filmmaking.
Tabitha Jackson is approaching her first anniversary as director of the Documentary Film Program at Sundance Institute. This week she spoke at DOC NYC to shares some thoughts on the cultural value of documentary film, the contemporary documentary landscape, and shared a personal promise as well as a call-to-action for the year to come.Thanks to Thom and Raphaela for having me.
[Pictured: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People] By Stephanie Ornelas Over the past month, you’ve heard from members of our
The director goes out into the field to tell a story. They shoot hundreds of hours of footage and return home to—what people in the documentary world often call their marriage—their artistic life partner, their editor. The role of the documentary film editor is often unseen (which may be a good thing as one editor tells us).
photo courtesy of American Promise by Aramide Tinubu Education has always been seen as a golden ticket in this country. In 2015, the Schott Foundation
Tracy Droz Tragos is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and co-director of the work-in-progress film “Rich Hill.” To learn more about Rich Hill, go to www.richhillfilm.
With in-person packages and tickets going on sale for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, we were too excited to hold our entire lineup
With in-person packages and tickets going on sale for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, we were too excited to hold our entire lineup
Note from the Archives team: Today we’re sharing an early Documentary Film Program gem from the archives. Diane Weyermann launched the Soros Documentary Fund at
By Katie Arthurs Growing up, many of us had the school rhyme “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” fed to us along with heaps
Steve Buscemi (on floor) and Harvey Keitel face off in “Reservoir Dogs.” By Vanessa Zimmer Thirty years have passed since Quentin Tarantino became an overnight