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Documentary as reverie
"Just Dave" ignores filmmaking grammar and kicks ass because of it
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The travails of the rookie filmmaker
How many mistakes can one guy make in three weeks on the road? Let us count.
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Cairo revisited
A road trip crisis summons a convo with rural documentarian Chris Harden
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The 10 most surprising documentaries I watched in 2022
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Zachary Levy unearths gold in "Strongman"
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The travails of the rookie filmmaker
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Phil Wall processes his grief in the making of "The Book Keepers"
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Pamela Littky spends 10 years following kids voted "Most Likely to Succeed"
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Phil Wall processes his grief in the making of "The Book Keepers"
Listen now (49 min) | Sometimes healing—and a film you didn't foresee—can be found in the edit
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Filmmaker shoutout: Bryce McNabb
The pros aren't simply great storytellers; they are master problem-solvers as well
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Zachary Levy unearths gold in "Strongman"
Listen now (52 min) | Vérité filmmaker meets character made for the form; magic ensues
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The 10 most surprising documentaries I watched in 2022
The ubiquity of streaming services gave new life to old films ... and overlooked ones
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Shaleece Haas tackles one of America's great social issues in "Real Boy"
Listen now (48 min) | Ten years ago, Shaleece Haas stumbled upon a musician whose lyrics captured her attention ... and then her imagination. Turns out…
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Robert Greene returns to his roots to film pro wrestlers in "Fake It So Real"
Listen now (65 min) | Robert Greene is an award-winning filmmaker who directed the highly regarded Netflix documentary, "Procession." But at the dawn of…
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Drew Xanthopolous leans on his humanity to enter the world of "The Sensitives"
Listen now (77 min) | Drew Xanthopolous was a young, unestablished filmmaker when he came across a New York Times photo essay that would launch his…
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Talking Documentary
Talking Documentary
Observations and conversations on the art, craft and business of documentary filmmaking.
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