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Not You David Ansen, Not You! Newsweek's Critic Par Excellance Join the Doc Depression Bandwagon

Thursday, July 3, 05:30 p.m.
From All these wonderful things

One of favorite film writers and critics, David Ansen of Newsweek, has an article up declaring "THE END OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM MARKET". Lord-eye-lou, really? Isn't that soooo 2007? "(After the success of docs in 2003-2005), (d)istributors gobbled ...

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Silverdocs Report

Sunday, June 22, 11:25 p.m.
From "King blog"

Hello Indiewire community - it's been awhile - here I am back in Silver Spring. It has been eight months since I left SILVERDOCS but when I walked up on opening night, it felt like I had never left. The...

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Tell-Alls: Weinsteins and 48 HRS.

Friday, July 4, 03:32 p.m.
From Thompson On Hollywood

Just because the New York Post reports that someone who used to work at Miramax is writing a Weinstein tell-all does not mean it will ever see the light of day. Much as I would love to read it. But...

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Juliet is in Uganda

Tuesday, June 10, 08:08 p.m.
From doc it out

Juliet HutchingsOne of the great pleasures of my work is getting to know some fantastic people. A former grad school colleague of mine just sent an alert that she is on the ground in working for an organization called The ...

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True/False '08 in Review | Part 1

Thursday, March 6, 03:39 p.m.
From Docs That Inspire

This year, the spots for the True/False Film Festival were some of the best I've ever seen. Cinematic and totally engaging, the bumpers that preceded each movie screening were so well done that I literally found myself looking ...

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UGV

Thursday, July 12, 02:32 a.m.
From Docu-Blog/Steve's POV

The problem with the phrase "User-Generated Content" is that it wraps together purely amateur video, your family ski videos, semi-pro, and the emerging new community of creators who are part of an new ecosystem of media makers. The idea that ...

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2008 SILVERDOCS Announces Award Winners

Monday, June 23, 04:55 p.m.
From Videoblog : silverdocs08

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A "4th of July Weekend Read."

Saturday, July 5, 12:07 a.m.
From The Latest from GreenCine Daily

That it is, in many, many ways. "Finding," by Guy Davenport, by way of Wyatt Mason. The most obviously film-related bits surface about a third of the way in - but read on, see what else you find....

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We've moved!

Wednesday, February 20, 02:55 p.m.
From The IFC Blog

We're packed up and headed over to the freshly redesigned IFC site: The new home of this blog is here...

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Happy 4th of July

Friday, July 4, 04:22 p.m.
From "Boredom at Its Boredest" by Michael Tully

I am back on the mainland, I've just been too scattered to post (I need to take care of the blog that pays the rent first and foremost, if you know what I'm saying). Anyway, the trip to ...

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We've moved!

Wednesday, February 20, 02:55 p.m.
From The IFC Blog

We're packed up and headed over to the freshly redesigned IFC site: The new home of this blog is here...

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Meet the Press

Sunday, April 20, 05:32 p.m.
From Ted's Take - The blogging site of Ted Leonsis

Check out Tim Russert on Meet the Press. Go Caps!

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CONTEST: Win a Copy of The Brandon Teena Story on DVD!

Thursday, July 3, 02:22 a.m.
From The Documentary Blog

I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that my contest posts are outnumbering my news updates. Either way, here’s another DVD giveaway for all of you loyal DocBlog readers! This week Docurama ...

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