Steve James
Taking history into account as it was being made is what happened between the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which ran from January 23-February 2, and the broadcast premiere of City So Real last week on National Geographic (and shortly thereafter streaming on Hulu).
From twice...
Christopher Frierson wasn't expecting to be tear-gassed at a recent protest in Brooklyn, but he's glad his camera was on. The documentary filmmaker has covered many protests and he's never experienced anything like he did that day when a thrown water bottle was met with that kind of police...
Bing Liu--who in January won the Sundance Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking on the strength of his feature documentary Minding the Gap--has joined the directorial roster of L.A.-based Nonfiction Unlimited for commercials and branded content. Nonfiction is a mainstay company...
Bryan Fogel, director of the acclaimed documentary Icarus, affirmed that documentaries are in a golden age, attributable in large part to Netflix which is giving worthwhile work a level of exposure not previously possible.
Serving as a panelist on a Doc Roundtable at the recently...