Summer 2008

Music in the Documentary Form Summer 2008

We celebrate music in this issue -- the music documentary, the music documentarian, the composer and the nuts and bolts of music licensing and clearence.

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Features

A Funder Down Under: Documentary Australia Foundation Opens Its Doors

A new opportunity for Australian documentary...

By Mitchell Block

Festival Focus: Sundance Film Festival 2008

'The Black List,' 'Traces of the Trade,' 'The...

By Tom White

Festival Focus: Sundance Film Festival 2008

Doc slate addresses the state of the nation.

By Tamara Krinsky

To Lease or to Buy: Music Licensing Rights Strategies for the Documentary Filmmaker

A short primer on music licensing, clearances and...

By David G. Powell

Festival Focus: SXSW 2008

A report from Texas' premiere film festival

By Agnes Varnum

Film Archivists Face a Digital Dilemma

AMPAS report outlines challenges in preservation...

By Bob Fisher

Mugge Shots: Capturing American Roots Music on Film

A profile of music documentarian Robert Mugge.

By Michael Rose

South African Idols: The Singing Orphans of 'We Are Together'

All first-time director Paul Taylor wanted to do...

By Christiaan Harden

Music Proves a Lifeline in 'Escape from Luanda'

Following a breakout hit like In Search of Mozart...

By Christiaan Harden

Roll Over, Beethoven: Larry Weinstein is the Maestro of the Off-Beat Music Documentary

So you think you know music documentaries? Welcome...

By Marc Glassman

The Fog of Torture

Errol Morris Investigates Abu Ghraib

By Marc Glassman

St. Patti's Day: Steven Sebring's Portrait of the Punk Poetess

'Patti Smith: Dream of Life' airs on PBS' 'POV'...

By Tom White

Composers Confab: Creating The Best Score For Your Film

One overlooked, but quite crucial element in a...

By Lisa Leeman

Whose Story Is It, Anyway? Obtaining a Subject's Life-Story Rights

It read like a Hollywood script. One day, an...

By Tom Isler

Roman à Clef: 'Wanted and Desired' Investigates the Polanski Dichotomy

Three decades after filmmaker Roman Polanski fled...

By Cathleen Rountree

Columns

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, Summer 2008

By diane estelle Vicari

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Summer 2008

By Tom White

For a Song: How to Get the Music You Want

By Michael Galinsky