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SILVERDOCS: Day Five
Day Five of SILVERDOCS 2008 brought special guests, award announcements, and the Closing Night film ...
SILVERDOCS: Day Four
Friday at SILVERDOCS welcomed music and crowds, as a Douglass High School Marching Band performance ...
SILVERDOCS: Day Three
Day Three at SILVERDOCS brought big guests and big crowds, with appearances from Spike Lee ...
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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.
Music Rights & Clearances: Lawyers, Guns, and Money
What’s the legal downlow on the upbeat soundtrack you’re trying to insert in your film? You can expedite this process by understanding most favored nation status, learning practical tips on how to step up rights, and mastering pre-negotiation.
The Future of Non-Fiction Storytelling
Moderated by Patricia Finneran, Festival Director, SILVERDOCS, with panelists John Boland, Chief Content Officer, PBS; John Ford, President and General Manager, Discovery Channel; Cara Mertes, Director, Documentary Film Program, Sundance Institute
Featured Speaker: Sheila C. Johnson
CEO Salamander Hospitality; president, WNBA’s Washington Mystics; philanthropist and executive producer of A POWERFUL NOISE.
NPR's Talk of the Nation: 6/18/08
As China's enormous Three Gorges dam nears completion, Yung Chang (director, UP THE YANGTZE) shows what's being lost and gained for those who live along the Yangtze river.
NPR's Talk of the Nation: 6/17/08
Director Ayat Najafi and producer Marlene Assmann discuss Football Under Cover, now showing at SILVERDOCS.
