September / October 2004

An Education in Reality Sep/Oct 2004

In the issue, we provide you examples of educational programs in Doc Filmmaking for levels ranging from elementary school to graduate school and beyond.

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Features

A Human Rights Theme Threads Through Third Tribeca Film Festival

The cultural plans for New York City's Ground Zero...

By Skye Dent

Tobacco Road: Ross McElwee's 'Bright Leaves' Gives Viewers Something to Chew On

Ross McElwee's genial humor has guided him through...

By Kathy McDonald

Doc Curricula: High School Students Learn Nonfiction Storytelling through DOCS ROCK Program

DOCS ROCK, a bold new program developed for high...

By Mark Johnstone

The Rejuvenating Effect of Reality: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute

Documentaries seem to have latched onto the public...

By John Lovett

Get It Down on Paper? English Film Schools on Scripting for Documentaries

Not so long ago, before the introduction of...

By Henry Lewes

Exchanging the Pen for the Camera: When Journalists Make the Jump into Documentaries

Journalism and news are great places to visit, say...

By Jeff Swimmer

Teaching the D-Word in J-School: Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

American journalism education has changed...

By Eric Breitbart

Film School Confidential: Teachers from the Top Doc Programs Reveal the Secrets of Their Courses

Given the dominance of USC School of Cinema...

By Mitchell Block

Schools of Doc: Nonfiction Filmmaking Training Programs in the USA

Ten feature-length documentaries released...

By Mitchell Block

Columns

Playback: Johan Grimonprez's 'dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y'

By Sam Green

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, September-October 2004

By Tom White

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, September-October 2004

By Richard Propper