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Amazon cozies up to video publishers with marketing, tech support, and cash
Source: Digiday Amazon wants video publishers and creators to distribute their work on its streaming platform. And it’s providing free marketing and technical support — and in some cases, financial incentives — to make that happen. Read the story at...
In the Era of Fake News, Honest Documentary Makers Have Never Mattered More
The Conversation: Facts are under threat. I write this after Donald Trump tweeted an old clip of himself wrestling a CNN avatar to the ground, declaring them “FNN: Fraud News Network”. Over at InfoWars, meanwhile, a guest on the Alex Jones show declared the existence...
Kickstarter’s Liz Cook charts a sustainable path for documentary crowdfunding
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The age of Trump is forcing producers and programmers to approach documentaries in new ways
Source: Variety. The Trump era has been a boom time for television. Ratings throughout the 2016 election cycle were strong at the three major cable-news outlets. And CNN and MSNBC continue to garner high viewership when executives had expected to see a post-election...
“Weiner,” “Life, Animated” disqualified from 2017 Emmys race
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NBC News Starts New Documentary Unit to Attract a Younger Audience
Source: WWD. NBC News has developed a new documentary unit to target a younger, more social media plugged-in consumer. Called “Left Field,” the group is comprised of about 12 staffers who come from various news and film backgrounds, and their mandate is to create...
Understanding the Film Hawk Behind Kevin Smith.
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Lessons from “The Reluctant Radical”: How the First Amendment protects filmmakers.
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A BAFTA for Nick Fraser, Grandmaster of the Documentary
Source: The Guardian. Documentary editor and producer Nick Fraser received the BAFTA special award last night. Fraser was commissioning editor of the BBC’s Storyville from 1997 to 2016. Over that time the series won five BAFTAs and four Oscars, among other awards. He...
Ten Unproduced Documentary Projects That Deserve to Get Made.
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Hollywood filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu are dipping their toes in VR via documentaries
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Doc legend Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentary Films, turns a lens on herself.
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Alex Gibney’s latest documentary, “No Stone Unturned,” pulled from the Tribeca Film Festival by its producers.
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Amid cutbacks, The Guardian pushes further into long-form documentaries.
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John Ridley’s Doc about 1992 L.A. Riots “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982 – 1992” Gets a Theatrical Release, Marking an ABC News First.
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How to Support the World’s Best Documentary Filmmakers.
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Netflix Casts a Wider Net for Original Documentaries.
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Over 68 Million People Watched Documentaries on Netflix in 2016 — And It’s Helping Them Have a Big Impact.
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Will Win/Should Win: The Oscar Race for Best Documentary Feature.
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Where to Stream All of the 2017 Oscar-Nominated Documentaries.
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