Docs In Progress Alums Rock!
While this blog has been set up primarily to provide commentary on the world of documentary, we can’t help but take a moment to provide some shameless promotion for a number of alums of the Docs In...
View ArticleDocs In Progress Alumni Unite!
It is hard to believe that it has been nearly five years since Docs In Progress screened its first two documentary works in progress. Swing dancing and China’s Cultural Revolution were the topics we...
View ArticleAlumni News and Some Can’t Miss Doc Events and Deadlines
Maybe I’m not the most prolific blogger, but I’d rather only post something when there’s something worth posting. Today appears to be that day. First of all, a little bit of horn tooting for some Docs...
View ArticleGood Pitch @ IFP deadline nearing; also need subject experts
Wanted to get the word out about the Good Pitch, a social issue documentary pitching forum which has been making the rounds of various documentary events. We are especially excited that Docs In...
View ArticleHow I Spent My Summer: Part 2 (Andre Dahlman)
The next installment of our guest blog series in which we ask Docs In Progress staff and alumni to reflect on how they they spent their summers in documentary land… Next up, Andre Dahlman whose film...
View ArticleHow I Spent My Summer Part 3 (Carolyn Projansky)
The next installment of our guest blog series in which we ask Docs In Progress staff and alumni to reflect on how they they spent their summers in documentary land€¦ Next up, Carolyn Projansky whose...
View ArticleHow I Spent My Summer Part 4 (Adele Schmidt)
The next installment of our guest blog series in which we ask Docs In Progress staff and alumni to reflect on how they spent their summers in documentary land. Now we hear from staff about what we’ve...
View ArticleHow I Spent My Summer: Part 5 (Sam Hampton)
We continue our guest blog series in which we ask Docs In Progress staff and alumni to let us in on how they spent their summers. Next up, Docs In Progress Director of Planning and Special Projects...
View ArticleSilverdocs Impressions
This year, in addition to the dispatches from Matt Radcliff and tweets from Erica Ginsberg, Docs In Progress reached out to many of our program alumni to get a sampling of the word on the street about...
View ArticleE is for Empowerment
This week is both a special and sad week for Docs In Progress. We are saying farewell to Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, two filmmakers who have been part of our community almost from the time we started....
View ArticleDocs In Progress Alums: Upcoming Screenings
While Docs In Progress programming will be slowing down after next week’s Documentary Roundtable until we start things up again in early September, we are excited to share news that three of our...
View ArticleFellows Perspectives: Heather Taylor
This week, we began the second year of the Docs In Progress Fellowship Program. We were pleased to welcome ten new Fellows who come with a variety of experiences, backgrounds, and film projects....
View ArticleFellows Perspectives: Jennifer Goldsmith
2014 Docs In Progress Fellow Jennifer Goldsmith discusses her work-in-progress MOTHER'S MILK, MOTHER'S WISDOM about the challenges new mothers face with breastfeeding and how they overcome these...
View ArticleDecade of Docs Award Nominations Announced
Docs In Progress is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Tuesday, May 20 with Decade of Docs, a special evening for the Washington DC area's filmmaking community. This event will honor the past 10 years...
View ArticleCongratulations Decade of Docs Award Winners
Find out who won awards at Decade of Docs. Continue reading →
View ArticleFellows Perspectives: Michael Blain
2014 Docs In Progress Fellow Michael Blain reports in from the road as he produces CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE!, a documentary about Walmart workers fighting for the right to organize a union. Continue...
View ArticleFellows Perspectives: Amy Oden
2014 Docs In Progress Fellow Amy Oden takes a different perspective on the sex worker industry in her latest film being workshopped through the fellowship program. Continue reading →
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