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  • Doc Soup: The Documentary 'Power' List: Part I
    As promised, I’m delivering my list of the most powerful people in documentaries. I have come up with 50, but this week I’m going to build some dramatic tension by presenting 40 out of the 50, leaving the top 10 to come next week. Is this a definitive list? No. It’s more of an impression. […]
    Tom Roston 9 min read June 2, 2010 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: A Conversation with Alyce Myatt, Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media
    A few weeks ago, I spoke with Tod Lending, director of The Principal Story, about how he hit the jackpot by getting money from the Wallace Foundation to make a series of nonfiction films. I asked him if there were other goldmines for filmmakersout there, and he directed me to Alyce Myatt, the head of […]
    Tom Roston 4 min read November 2, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Fundraising Woes
    Oh, the woe of the documentary filmmaker. Nothing strikes a filmmaker to the core more than that singularly sad, stress-inducing word: funding. My POV minders recently directed me to filmmaker Patrick O’Brien, who has sought out a creative way to get financing. O’Brien has joined forces with Skinny Corp, a progressive, community-based company that backs […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 26, 2009 Doc Soup Comments