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Barbara Kopple
  • With Video Everywhere, a Wealth of Stories Emerge for Documentarians
    The incredible, often disturbing, sometimes uplifting seed ideas for documentaries.
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 31, 2017 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Backstage with Hamilton on PBS, Sharon Jones Doc to Premiere
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 29, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Pioneering Women of Nonfiction Film, Trailer for JFK Jr. Documentary
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read July 12, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • We the Economy
    This new online documentary series is striving to explain the economy through 20 short films.
    Heather McIntosh 2 min read October 30, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • Cinema Eye Honors: No Losers Here
    Tom Roston recaps winners and highlights from the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 9, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • “Tell Me Something” Features Advice From Fifty of the World's Best Documentary Filmmakers
    Doc Soup Man interviews Jessica Edwards, editor of "Tell me Something," an in-progress photography and creative advice book from fifty of the world's best documentary filmmakers.
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 18, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • Oprah's Documentary Club on OWN: What Happened?
    In a recent article on Realscreen, Adam Benzine reported that the OWN Documentary Club is discontinuing its monthly screenings and shifting to a less specific schedule. The push behind getting the club started sounded promising. So what happened?
    Heather McIntosh 5 min read February 15, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Turning to Documentaries After Tragedy
    "Some might turn to religion in such situations. I turn to the arts. I want to call up a documentary that can speak to the spirit of loss, grief and, yes, hope for redemption."
    Tom Roston 2 min read December 17, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: The 10 Most Unforgettable Moments in Documentary History
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in with a list of moments that remind us why we love documentaries. What would top your list?
    Tom Roston 6 min read November 5, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • Finding Depth in Documentary Film
    Guest blogger Edward J. Delaney distinguishes between 'art' and 'craft' in documentary film and singles out James March (Man on Wire, Project Nim) as being as close to an artist as anyone working in the form today.
    Edward J. Delaney 7 min read August 24, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Top 10 Doc Films with a Social Agenda
    We’ve been talking a lot lately in the Doc Soup kitchen about really well made documentaries that actually effect change, so I’ve compiled a list of the Most Aesthetically Accomplished Documentary Films that Come with a Social Agenda. I’m not going to include war documentaries, although there happen to be several excellent ones (Operation Homecoming: […]
    Tom Roston 4 min read October 12, 2010 Doc Soup Comments