Source:  The Hollywood Reporter Facebook is putting a human touch on its new video efforts. The social network has ordered a 12-episode docuseries from Brandon Stanton, the man behind the popular photo blog, Humans of New York. The half-hour series will also be...

Source:  Film School Rejects  1.  Storytelling is Storytelling 2.  1 + 1 = 3 3.  Do Something Lasting 4.  Plans Will Change 5.  There Is No Single Career Path 6.  Never Stop Learning Read the story at Film School Rejects.  Receive all of today’s stories in one email...

Source:  Moviemaker Magazine For several years, our documentary "On a Knife Edge" had a great beginning and a wonderful middle, but no end in sight. On the face of it, our story (about a teenage Lakota boy growing up on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation) had one...

Source:  Fstoppers In November of last year, Jonny Von Wallström sold his feature-length documentary film, "The Pearl of Africa," to Netflix.  He had been attempting to chase down the video streaming service for several years.  This included hunting down contact...

Source:  Deadline PBS and CBS more than doubled all other networks as the 38th annual News & Documentary Emmy nominations were announced today. PBS hoarded a leading 48 noms, led by Frontline (12), POV (11) and Independent Lens (10), followed by the Eye network...

Source:   Neiman Reports Robert Socha thought VR and 360 video were mostly about different cameras.  He quickly learned he was wrong.  VR is a totally different way of thinking, producing, and storytelling. Read the story at Neiman...

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...

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...

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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...

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