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SILVERDOCS 2008 UPDATES

Spike Lee to be honored at SILVERDOCS 2008!
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Podcasts

SILVERDOCS brings the best new documentaries to Washington, DC, audiences, with six days of programming each June. The Festival celebrates the diversity of the documentary art form and its power to engage audiences with compelling stories of real life.

Our SILVERDOCS podcasts go behind-the-scenes with this year's directors and filmmakers and bring you exclusive SILVERDOCS events and workshops.

SILVERDOCS 2007: Frank and Cindy

Director G.J. Echternkamp talks about making the brutally honest documentary about his mother and stepfather

SILVERDOCS 2007: Big Rig

Director Doug Pray chronicles the lives of truckers from New York to California in his road-trip documentary

SILVERDOCS 2007: War/Dance

War/Dance directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix talk about filming in war-torn northern Uganda and the uplifting message of their film

SILVERDOCS 2007: What Would Jesus Buy

Director Rob VanAlkemade talks about his filming Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country crusade in December 2005

SILVERDOCS 2007: Doubletime

Doubletime director Stephanie Johnes talks about her film that chronicles two jump roping teams

SILVERDOCS 2007: In the Shadow of the Moon

Director David Sington tells us about filming the surviving crew members from the nine American Apollo mission between 1968 and 1972.

SILVERDOCS: DOCS Rx: A World of Documentaries on Global Health

Panel discussion on SILVERDOCS 2006 selection of extraordinary films that use documentary as a catalyst for public discourse and social change. Includes a welcome by former President Jimmy Carter, Honorary Chair, DOCS Rx.